DT maintainers require all compatible strings used in chip or board DTS file to be previously documented somewhere in Documentation/devicetree/bindings, per: http://marc.info/?l=linux-tegra&m=142201349727836&w=2 Document this requirement in the DT patch submission requirements text file. Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Walmsley <pwalmsley@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- .../devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt index b7ba01ad1426..4b2bbb6047c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt @@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ I. For patch submitters 3) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should come in the series before the code implementing the binding. + 4) Any compatible strings used in a chip or board DTS file must be + previously documented in the corresponding DT binding text file + in Documentation/devicetree/bindings. This rule applies even if + the Linux device driver does not yet match on the compatible + string. checkpatch will emit warnings if this step is not + followed as of commit bff5da4335256513497cc8c79f9a9d1665e09864 + ("checkpatch: add DT compatible string documentation checks"). + II. For kernel maintainers 1) If you aren't comfortable reviewing a given binding, reply to it and ask -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
