Devicetree bindings patches go usually via driver subsystem tree, so obviously testing only SoC branches would result in new dtbs_check warnings. Mention that linux-next branch is decisice for zero-warnings rule. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst index 1b32430d0cfc..5423fb7d6047 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst @@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ Strict DTS DT Schema and dtc Compliance No changes to the SoC platform Devicetree sources (DTS files) should introduce new ``make dtbs_check W=1`` warnings. Warnings in a new board DTS, which are results of issues in an included DTSI file, are considered existing, not new -warnings. The platform maintainers have automation in place which should point -out any new warnings. +warnings. For series split between different trees (DT bindings go via driver +subsystem tree), warnings on linux-next are decisive. The platform maintainers +have automation in place which should point out any new warnings. If a commit introducing new warnings gets accepted somehow, the resulting issues shall be fixed in reasonable time (e.g. within one release) or the -- 2.43.0
