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From:   Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To:     devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage
Date:   Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:24:19 -0400
Message-Id: <20210910142419.5237-1-trini@konsulko.com>
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In an attempt to make it more broadly known that other projects are
equal consumers / users of the device tree bindings, add a note to
submitting patches to say that extra care and consideration may need to
be taken when updating existing bindings.

Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
index 8087780f1685..36a17b250ccc 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ I. For patch submitters
      string that is matched by the driver (as in the "nvidia,tegra20-pcie"
      example above).
 
+  9) Bindings are actively used by multiple projects other than the Linux
+     Kernel, extra care and consideration may need to be taken when making changes
+     to existing bindings.
 
 II. For kernel maintainers
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