Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: iio: imu: SMI240: add bosch,smi240.yaml

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sat Jul 27 2024 - 10:00:28 EST


On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:25:39 +0100
Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 02:19:25PM +0000, Shen Jianping (ME-SE/EAD2) wrote:
> > Anyway, please send bindings with driver in the same patchset.
> >
> > -> It's fine for us. Nevertheless according to the Devicetree (DT) binding submitting rules 1.1
> >
> > " The Documentation/ and include/dt-bindings/ portion of the patch should be a separate patch." See -> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.html#i-for-patch-submitters
> >
> > Shall we still put the binding and driver in the same patch ?
>
> No, different patches please. Also, please fix your mail client so that
> it quotes emails properly.
To add a little more detail.
We are looking for a cover letter and a pair of patches.
1st adds the dt-binding docs.
2nd provides the driver.

The cover letter provides a brief summary of the whole series and provides
a convenient name for tracking it as a whole.

Take a look at how other recent driver addition patch series have been
broken up.

Jonathan