From: Rob Herring Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 22:37:47 +0000 (-0600) Subject: dt-bindings: submitting-patches: add guidance on patch content and subject X-Git-Tag: v4.18-rc1~101^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=44acf10587907ff77c28fd97906220b2d8eb4f05;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git dt-bindings: submitting-patches: add guidance on patch content and subject Clarify that binding patches should also include include/dt-bindings/* as part of them. The binding doc defines the ABI and the includes are part of that. Add some details on the preferred subject prefix and contents. Signed-off-by: Rob Herring --- diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt index 274058c583dde..de0d6090c0fd2 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt @@ -6,7 +6,14 @@ I. For patch submitters 0) Normal patch submission rules from Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst applies. - 1) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should be a separate patch. + 1) The Documentation/ and include/dt-bindings/ portion of the patch should + be a separate patch. The preferred subject prefix for binding patches is: + + "dt-bindings: : ..." + + The 80 characters of the subject are precious. It is recommended to not + use "Documentation" or "doc" because that is implied. All bindings are + docs. Repeating "binding" again should also be avoided. 2) Submit the entire series to the devicetree mailinglist at