On 20/07/2026 22:12, Rob Herring wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Document how Devicetree and Open Firmware maintainers handle their >> subsystem, especially focusing on two caveats: >> >> Devicetree subsystem handles patches with a minor difference comparing >> to other subsystems: while DT maintainers pick up OF code, they only >> provide review of DT bindings without applying these. >> >> All three DT bindings maintainers rely currently on Patchwork and due to >> enormous amount of emails per day, regardless how much DT maintainers >> try, they cannot read all the emails. >> >> Cc: Rob Herring <[email protected]> >> Cc: Conor Dooley <[email protected]> >> Cc: Saravana Kannan <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]> >> >> --- >> >> I expect patch to be picked up by Rob, after review. >> >> Changes in v3: >> 1. Add also F: entry >> >> Changes in v2: >> 1. Correct typos and trailing white spaces. >> 2. Fix order of P: after C: in maintainers. >> --- >> .../process/maintainer-devicetree.rst | 70 +++++++++++++++++++ >> MAINTAINERS | 3 + >> 2 files changed, 73 insertions(+) >> create mode 100644 Documentation/process/maintainer-devicetree.rst >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-devicetree.rst >> b/Documentation/process/maintainer-devicetree.rst >> new file mode 100644 >> index 000000000000..d8ffe752bf5d >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-devicetree.rst >> @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ >> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 >> + >> +====================================== >> +Devicetree and Open Firmware Subsystem >> +====================================== >> + >> +Other Process Documents >> +----------------------- >> + >> +Please see the documents in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ for >> information >> +on how to write proper Devicetree bindings and how to submit patches. >> + >> +Patch Review and Handling >> +------------------------- >> + >> +Patches handled by Devicetree maintainers are processed differently >> depending >> +on the patch type: >> + >> +1. Core OF driver code, e.g. drivers/of/: >> + patches are reviewed and applied by DT maintainers. >> + >> +2. Devicetree bindings: >> + patches are reviewed by DT maintainers but, except in certain cases, >> should >> + be applied by subsystem maintainers. See also *For kernel maintainers* >> in >> + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst. > > I would reword: > > patches are reviewed by DT maintainers, but should be applied by > subsystem maintainers except in certain cases. > >> + >> +3. DTS and drivers: >> + DT maintainers might provide comments, but review is generally not >> expected. > > For DTS, we expect to pass schema checks or at least not add new warnings. > > I can address these 2 when applying. >
I'll make a v4, no problem. Best regards, Krzysztof
