[PATCH v2] Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbook

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 31/05/2023 08:30, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
>> +appropriate time later.  Most importantly, any incompatible changes should be
>> +clearly pointed out in the patch description and pull request, along with the
>> +expected impact on existing users, such as bootloaders or other operating
>> +systems.
>> +
>> +Driver Branch Dependencies
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +
>> +A common problem is synchronizing changes between device drivers and devicetree
>> +files, even if a change is compatible in both directions, this may require
>> +coordinating how the changes get merged through different maintainer trees.
>> +
>> +Usually the branch that includes a driver change will also include the
>> +corresponding change to the devicetree binding description, to ensure they are
>> +in fact compatible.  This means that the devicetree branch can end up causing
>> +warnings in the "make dtbs_check" step.  If a devicetree change depends on
>> +missing additions to a header file in include/dt-bindings/, it will fail the
>> +"make dtbs" step and not get merged.
> 
> Sounds like passing `make dtbs` is a merging requirement.

And why shouldn't be?

Best regards,
Krzysztof