On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 9:25 AM Bolivar, Marti
<Marti.Bolivar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Commit 05a34819e5 ("Add more restrictions on compatible strings")
> started to add recommendations on the contents of compatible strings.
>
> Add an additional recommendation that compatibles should start with a
> letter. In particular, this matches what dt-schema is doing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martí Bolívar <marti.bolivar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> source/chapter2-devicetree-basics.rst | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
I can't get this to apply. I'm not really sure what the issue is, but
can you resend without base64 encoding or send a GH PR.
>
> diff --git a/source/chapter2-devicetree-basics.rst b/source/chapter2-devicetree-basics.rst
> index fa39625..40be221 100644
> --- a/source/chapter2-devicetree-basics.rst
> +++ b/source/chapter2-devicetree-basics.rst
> @@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ Description:
> (such as a stock ticker symbol), and ``model`` specifies the model
> number.
>
> - The compatible string should consist only of lowercase letters, digits
> - and dashes. A single comma is typically only used following a vendor
> - prefix. Underscores should not be used.
> + The compatible string should consist only of lowercase letters, digits and
> + dashes, and should start with a letter. A single comma is typically only
> + used following a vendor prefix. Underscores should not be used.
>
> Example:
>
> --
> 2.31.1
