linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: dt: submitting-patches: Document sending DTS patches

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Message-ID: <20250226154441.GA2485697-robh@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 09:44:41 -0600
From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	soc@...ts.linux.dev, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: dt: submitting-patches: Document sending DTS
 patches

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 07:48:21PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Document two rules already widely used and enforced by DT maintainers
> and SoC platform maintainers:
> 
> 1. DTS patches should be placed at the end of driver patchset to
>    indicate no dependencies of driver code on DTS.
> 
> 2. DTS patches should be applied via SoC platform maintainers, because
>    it is a driver-independent hardware description.  However some
>    driver maintainers are reluctant to pick up portions of patchsets and
>    prefer to take entire set at once.  For such cases, the DTS portion
>    should be split into separate patchset, so it will not end up in the
>    driver subsystem integration tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
> ---
>  .../bindings/submitting-patches.rst           | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I've applied both patches.

Rob