From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7558CC4332F for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2022 04:56:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229628AbiJME4k (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:56:40 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54678 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229604AbiJME4Z (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:56:25 -0400 Received: from mail-pj1-x1031.google.com (mail-pj1-x1031.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1031]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 88A3B10CF85 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2022 21:56:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pj1-x1031.google.com with SMTP id pq16so954299pjb.2 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2022 21:56:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rivosinc-com.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=to:from:cc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references :in-reply-to:message-id:date:subject:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=28zn6cgsHU6YtpOZu1YU2asuZjVGXsycTYTjxJ6pRUA=; b=O9XnoY1yPcJ8rbfuH000Q/NubRyjXPpGjHuUIzAcrc8zp4D2KRmC3Nu1hzSAtq3CeI ZyJ4LGZfAAVpvplG9HJ1twTStgWTomI7FGgrCkrPhjmcebLJST1t2hlaiHc/GWiEUkAw Ai+m5mIl0mWJ2EtkP3PRaUICKIAxUcpzfH6LGT+X0VIUocgbxq68qp3ykYt9NsnLB9x0 56zVgFqh5p1hKK6CIaJJaatil2A3o2l6RIDcHrn2FQ+tk7LhUn4LRkwUqAN5dm39F4Wg F5Xi4+lVzqePnpDkvCuDTR8xNwymr93dXZtOfW4Q/YLKphDHtJSeDdWnecG6kqzXgdtY 62ug== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:from:cc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references :in-reply-to:message-id:date:subject:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=28zn6cgsHU6YtpOZu1YU2asuZjVGXsycTYTjxJ6pRUA=; b=uImPvLM5P+5Hi9qkbik6GcEqxoTGo/+mR/zpNxbH7rQvf3huuWZAGqhjb2f5yF41Gc YUnK/Yw4b7awAG/GfDg1Z30YHtohriYLewoA4DLDfBzQzAa5Cdky6nxawLWG7AE18Spv mAWjtKArnLaQn85JES9Y+hrqdA+D2vlxR/smKM2X7l1CbgBR6CDv6OWFyM0Z0In8aYEs eq29r9yM9WlvWcKfFffF30s9DpQnUAcXc/akU82dwC3S2KK/sFlavYaipTYNTp+MydEk LzrBicB4QbWEDN13tLPTrhqk/utwgtd5aubJdAEFa7tPJE17ddvAF1sRPpzgTlLIk1u2 1x+A== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf0r+/akZhyZpbuiFfET5lYEXPdv7fv402U0oQ6c/myXISSl7FIF 67rLjplMJc2E1gO8lZ3cmUU7EA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM4ugjiBwSXQxda1eNvwHmBz2fBmeCwoTH5OfbxNJoRGhqGRqBSY9uGTlgP9MR/U/J7DH821hA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:5ac2:b0:205:de77:72be with SMTP id n60-20020a17090a5ac200b00205de7772bemr9337413pji.24.1665636983966; Wed, 12 Oct 2022 21:56:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([50.221.140.188]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b17-20020a170902d41100b0017bb38e4591sm11385104ple.41.2022.10.12.21.56.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 12 Oct 2022 21:56:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Documentation: RISC-V: Mention the UEFI Standards Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 21:56:18 -0700 Message-Id: <20221013045619.18906-4-palmer@rivosinc.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.38.0 In-Reply-To: <20221013045619.18906-1-palmer@rivosinc.com> References: <20221013045619.18906-1-palmer@rivosinc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: corbet@lwn.net, Paul Walmsley , Palmer Dabbelt , aou@eecs.berkeley.edu, conor.dooley@microchip.com, Atish Patra , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@rivosinc.com, Palmer Dabbelt From: Palmer Dabbelt To: Conor Dooley , Atish Patra Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Palmer Dabbelt 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 Reviewed-by: Atish Patra Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt --- 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 -- 2.38.0