Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Arnd suggested that adding a maintainer handbook for the SoC "subsystem" > would be helpful in trying to bring on board maintainers for the various > new platforms cropping up in RISC-V land. > > Add a document briefly describing the role of the SoC subsystem and some > basic advice for (new) platform maintainers. > > Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes in v2: > - add Krzysztof's suggested method for avoiding inter-branch > dependencies > - explicitly mention that tags should be signed > - link to the devicetree abi document, rather than trying to explain it > here & reword that whole section > - fix some typos, capitalisation & unify bullet style > > The devicetree abi doc feels quite out of date at this point, and could > probably do with a spring clean - but it also feels like hallowed ground > on which one should tread lightly, so I won't go near that til Rob is > back. So, this is a nit, but worth considering... > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst | 2 + > .../devicetree/bindings/writing-schema.rst | 2 + > .../process/maintainer-handbooks.rst | 3 +- > Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst | 178 ++++++++++++++++++ > MAINTAINERS | 1 + > 5 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst > index a885713cf184..93ec82f78ae5 100644 > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst > @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ > .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > +.. _devicetree-abi: Somehow we've developed this habit of putting labels at the top of each file; I really think that they just add clutter and are best left out. Without the label, this reference: > +Perhaps one of the most important things to highlight is that dt-bindings > +document the ABI between the devicetree and the kernel. Please see > +:ref:`devicetree-abi` more information on the ABI. ...can just be written as "Please see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst". The cross-reference link will be generated as expected, and readers of the plain-text docs don't have to go grepping to find the reference. Thanks, jon
