[PATCH 3/4] Documentation: RISC-V: Mention the UEFI Standards

From: Palmer Dabbelt
Date: Thu Oct 13 2022 - 00:56:43 EST


From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

The current patch acceptance policy requires that specifications are
approved by the RISC-V foundation, but we rely on external
specifications as well. This explicitly calls out the UEFI
specifications that we're starting to depend on.

Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
index 0a6199233ede..9fed6b318b49 100644
--- a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
+++ b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ Submit Checklist Addendum
-------------------------
We'll only accept patches for new modules or extensions if the
specifications for those modules or extensions are listed as being
-"Frozen" or "Ratified" by the RISC-V Foundation. (Developers may, of
-course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees that contain code for
-any draft extensions that they wish.)
+unlikely to be incompatibly changed in the future. For
+specifications from the RISC-V foundation this means "Frozen" or
+"Ratified", for the UEFI forum specifications this means a published
+ECR. (Developers may, of course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees
+that contain code for any draft extensions that they wish.)

Additionally, the RISC-V specification allows implementors to create
their own custom extensions. These custom extensions aren't required
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