kernel/linux.git/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc.rst, branch v6.18.15

Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: Use "DTS" instead of "devicetree"

2025-09-01T09:50:47+00:00

Devicetree is a data structure and it is a bit generic term, because some treat Devicetree bindings as Devicetree. What the SoC maintainers profile is mentioning in ABI stability are the Devicetree sources, so DTS files. It is also more common during reviews to refer to these as per "DTS" instead "devicetree". Clarify that by using "DTS" name in few more places. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104154.42289-2-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann

Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: clarify submitting patches

2024-10-11T09:56:53+00:00

Patches for SoCs are expected to be picked up by SoC submaintainers. The main SoC maintainers should be addressed only in few cases. Rewrite the section about maintainer handling to document above expectation. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya Cc: Linus Walleij Cc: Alexandre Belloni Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Kevin Hilman Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Conor Dooley Cc: Heiko Stübner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240925095635.30452-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann

Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: document dtbs_check requirement for Samsung

2023-08-12T12:05:34+00:00

Samsung ARM/ARM64 SoCs (except legacy S5PV210) are also expected not to bring any new dtbs_check warnings. In fact this have been already enforced and tested since few release. Cc: Conor Dooley Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230712084131.127982-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann

Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbook

2023-06-06T15:07:17+00:00

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 Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann