Merge branch 'linux-4.18' of git://github.com/skeggsb/linux into drm-fixes

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / Documentation / devicetree / bindings / submitting-patches.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
index 274058c583dde67297f800087c9e2ecaf7a57eac..de0d6090c0fd200f241aa0c71b5d208c62bde45c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,14 @@ I. For patch submitters
   0) Normal patch submission rules from Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
      applies.
 
-  1) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should be a separate patch.
+  1) The Documentation/ and include/dt-bindings/ portion of the patch should
+     be a separate patch. The preferred subject prefix for binding patches is:
+
+       "dt-bindings: <binding dir>: ..."
+
+     The 80 characters of the subject are precious. It is recommended to not
+     use "Documentation" or "doc" because that is implied. All bindings are
+     docs. Repeating "binding" again should also be avoided.
 
   2) Submit the entire series to the devicetree mailinglist at