linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: Move rpmsg.rst and remoteproc.rst out of staging

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Message-ID: <cf524169-fdfa-43f8-999d-a0fb36607a05@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:03:57 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@....com>, corbet@....net,
 andersson@...nel.org, mathieu.poirier@...aro.org
Cc: dan.j.williams@...el.com, cedric.xing@...el.com,
 pasha.tatashin@...een.com, kevin.tian@...el.com, skhawaja@...gle.com,
 yesanishhere@...il.com, taimoorzaeem@...il.com, linux@...blig.org,
 arnaud.pouliquen@...s.st.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
 daniel.baluta@...il.com, imx@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: Move rpmsg.rst and remoteproc.rst out
 of staging



On 11/13/25 10:57 PM, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> rpmsg.rst and remoteproc.rst are documentation files for
> mature remoteproc and rpmsg systems in the Linux kernel
> so their place is not under staging.
> 
> Move them to Documentation/driver-api to better reflect that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@....com>

LGTM. Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

> ---
>  Documentation/driver-api/index.rst                   | 2 ++
>  Documentation/{staging => driver-api}/remoteproc.rst | 0
>  Documentation/{staging => driver-api}/rpmsg.rst      | 0
>  Documentation/staging/index.rst                      | 2 --
>  MAINTAINERS                                          | 4 ++--
>  5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  rename Documentation/{staging => driver-api}/remoteproc.rst (100%)
>  rename Documentation/{staging => driver-api}/rpmsg.rst (100%)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
> index baff96b5cf0b..5321a9459440 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
> @@ -129,8 +129,10 @@ Subsystem-specific APIs
>     pwm
>     pwrseq
>     regulator
> +   remoteproc
>     reset
>     rfkill
> +   rpmsg
>     s390-drivers
>     scsi
>     serial/index
> diff --git a/Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/remoteproc.rst
> similarity index 100%
> rename from Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
> rename to Documentation/driver-api/remoteproc.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/rpmsg.rst
> similarity index 100%
> rename from Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst
> rename to Documentation/driver-api/rpmsg.rst
> diff --git a/Documentation/staging/index.rst b/Documentation/staging/index.rst
> index 77bae5e5328b..de6dff862a0c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/staging/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/staging/index.rst
> @@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ Unsorted Documentation
>     crc32
>     lzo
>     magic-number
> -   remoteproc
> -   rpmsg
>     speculation
>     static-keys
>     xz
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 41ded579750c..490100765611 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -21898,7 +21898,7 @@ S:	Maintained
>  T:	git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/remoteproc/linux.git rproc-next
>  F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-remoteproc
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/
> -F:	Documentation/staging/remoteproc.rst
> +F:	Documentation/driver-api/remoteproc.rst
>  F:	drivers/remoteproc/
>  F:	include/linux/remoteproc.h
>  F:	include/linux/remoteproc/
> @@ -21910,7 +21910,7 @@ L:	linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org
>  S:	Maintained
>  T:	git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/remoteproc/linux.git rpmsg-next
>  F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rpmsg
> -F:	Documentation/staging/rpmsg.rst
> +F:	Documentation/driver-api/rpmsg.rst
>  F:	drivers/rpmsg/
>  F:	include/linux/rpmsg.h
>  F:	include/linux/rpmsg/

-- 
~Randy