[PATCH] docs: dt: submitting-patches: Remove possible confusion of combining DTS

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 06:00:28 EST


DTS patches were always expected to be either sent separately or put at
the end of patchset, but the first part of paragraph regarding this rule
used a "should be placed at the end of patchset" phrase which might
create wrong impression. This "should be" about order of patches applies
only to the case when DTS is combined into this patchset.

Suggested-by: Luca Weiss <luca.weiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
index 81e27e50f905..2a5533f68830 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ I. For patch submitters

7) DTS is treated in general as driver-independent hardware description, thus
any DTS patches, regardless whether using existing or new bindings, should
- be placed at the end of patchset to indicate no dependency of drivers on
- the DTS. DTS will be anyway applied through separate tree or branch, so
- different order would indicate the series is non-bisectable.
+ be a separate posting or, when combined with driver patches, placed at the
+ end of the patchset to indicate no dependency of drivers on the DTS. DTS
+ will be anyway applied through separate tree or branch, so different order
+ would indicate the series is non-bisectable.

If a driver subsystem maintainer prefers to apply entire set, instead of
their relevant portion of patchset, please split the DTS patches into
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