From: Tom Rini Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:24:19 +0000 (-0400) Subject: docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage X-Git-Tag: v5.16-rc1~135^2~85 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c9dcc63e23fe3a3d321c4883c7824cc4d93f5dfe;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage In an attempt to make it more broadly known that other projects are equal consumers / users of the device tree bindings, add a note to submitting patches to say that extra care and consideration may need to be taken when updating existing bindings. Cc: Rob Herring Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tom Rini Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210910142419.5237-1-trini@konsulko.com Signed-off-by: Rob Herring --- diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst index 8087780f16859..36a17b250ccc7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ I. For patch submitters string that is matched by the driver (as in the "nvidia,tegra20-pcie" example above). + 9) Bindings are actively used by multiple projects other than the Linux + Kernel, extra care and consideration may need to be taken when making changes + to existing bindings. II. For kernel maintainers ==========================