@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ Contents:
maintainer-netdev
maintainer-soc
+ maintainer-soc-clean-dts
maintainer-tip
maintainer-kvm-x86
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=============================
+SoC Platforms with Strict DTS
+=============================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+SoC platforms or subarchitectures follow all the rules from
+Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst. However platforms referencing this
+document impose additional requirements listed below.
+
+Strict DTS DT schema compliance
+-------------------------------
+None of the changes to the SoC platform Devicetree sources (DTS files) can
+bring new ``make dtbs_check W=1`` warnings. The platform maintainers have
+automation in place which should point out any new warnings.
+
+If a commit introducing new warning gets accepted somehow, the resulting issues
+shall be fixed in reasonable time (e.g. within one release) or the commit
+reverted.
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ S: Maintained
P: Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst
C: irc://irc.libera.chat/armlinux
T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc.git
-F: Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst
+F: Documentation/process/maintainer-soc*.rst
F: arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
F: arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile
Some SoC platforms require that commits must not bring any new dtbs_check warnings. Maintainers of such platforms usually have some automation set, so any new warning will be spotted sooner or later. Worst case: they run the tests themselves. Document requirements for such platforms, so contributors can expect their patches being dropped or ignored, if they bring new warnings for existing boards. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> --- .../process/maintainer-handbooks.rst | 1 + .../process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ MAINTAINERS | 2 +- 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst