linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] Documentation: RISC-V: Mention the UEFI Standards

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Date:   Wed, 12 Oct 2022 21:56:18 -0700
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>, Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>
Cc:     corbet@....net, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, aou@...s.berkeley.edu,
        conor.dooley@...rochip.com, Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...osinc.com,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Documentation: RISC-V: Mention the UEFI Standards

From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>

The current patch acceptance policy requires that specifications are
approved by the RISC-V foundation, but we rely on external
specifications as well.  This explicitly calls out the UEFI
specifications that we're starting to depend on.

Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
---
 Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
index 0a6199233ede..9fed6b318b49 100644
--- a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
+++ b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ Submit Checklist Addendum
 -------------------------
 We'll only accept patches for new modules or extensions if the
 specifications for those modules or extensions are listed as being
-"Frozen" or "Ratified" by the RISC-V Foundation.  (Developers may, of
-course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees that contain code for
-any draft extensions that they wish.)
+unlikely to be incompatibly changed in the future.  For
+specifications from the RISC-V foundation this means "Frozen" or
+"Ratified", for the UEFI forum specifications this means a published
+ECR.  (Developers may, of course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees
+that contain code for any draft extensions that they wish.)
 
 Additionally, the RISC-V specification allows implementors to create
 their own custom extensions.  These custom extensions aren't required
-- 
2.38.0