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 bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BC2AC07E9D for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:34:38 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Cc:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:From: In-Reply-To:References:MIME-Version:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=jmGiHMv17pLYN4fJVZrTiW2npq0MSRiZffl6tps8Wx8=; b=mqvyfzG9oA2yrP 6b6itPDWRxJuvYwNRuHO4rNWq1Syr3qSSlhquKzESBp/K9eBqa9dTu/QvhGlfEfUkNVLRiGm46uSB 4uC0X5Y4fyF0TeSkCL3b1H733su6l2cL7/RAv04LgrJzYKN+Xw8uajN0U/muDMlOZstcjcnf2dfT1 WHbR+IUrXOe9mJu6BB/3FoZzpgXkg13MkPjgmTi1Fuv3xa6mQhSvvdpnknfLz1rFQVLKIvGornbs+ NWhFrSdgAiJll46ZablhpJ5iG1t22QWyPTOwFUUIL0I9LeIj2IgatZcwXQHU9+rw1JD9y+fyStIDd NKZFFLE3c0Qb9yhRE5TQ==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1ocrzt-00631u-64; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:34:25 +0000 Received: from mail-io1-xd33.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::d33]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1ocrzq-006311-4O for linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:34:23 +0000 Received: by mail-io1-xd33.google.com with SMTP id h194so5832610iof.4 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:34:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=atishpatra.org; s=google; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=W2BQpTCH8MRwUWScqQRgT6QBfLLj/9g8kWX3PKbjTOY=; b=ln5PM7A4qmFShf94iUZ3hjSMZpOSGqMUEfp+K1n1SyB2gVdgbc2XQiWFcxcec4jh35 DcgoX3Im1qRoO4JQBQ3TxwMLso3cF61OM43YYqx2ElyY93R/5YPoX2OjHVsROYH7Q6ck neB5E7ucY3ezUTnmNvVsPlGxRRiYrE2hr63og= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=W2BQpTCH8MRwUWScqQRgT6QBfLLj/9g8kWX3PKbjTOY=; b=2qGVvS+DDZX6W2Kd0LuGj1xfuoICPIKBgrtUctWmsKQpbOJdF15HfTS8B6smQVVxYT uOm3ncD5O/3USk3Oxv1YjgYlDQeIU/UfZFaOBM9GdFqt/zH8eCzPzTIpGOPoZfYOawDH 0Trw5zrG0LZbKJgWVqIwch6c64Wef2kp886lLVE7k+HIpkOwRTL6eBiHL/A7C2ELF2JZ ua25VZFcah7Arh2du7hmAg464ra2qsLztyAW+rSt0IZ8as5mUnbVSWMRinL1+PcLuLB5 +DzCcuWl3i29FF2Y675oTqf4vgOa891D6h6sX5lDlALDaAd46Pr1o3hZ33G2J7Q7eFSl eSXg== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf1DlHV0qMCgTJczVQJb56Ht/U/DOGWAwvrmI3TLXMu6BpBuB8id ok2yr0gietkH+4GXrYokPV5BGIrb37RfMHVO39ypY/HXUqw4 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM7LslIxJhs/TK7j2BkuzFh7pnIQxGY4jQjteYL+IIsf55ww6g8Ak9eG9mdy3V4Rc4tbZc8k0Eg/MpkTgAZzzHo= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6638:2602:b0:35a:66ec:8d99 with SMTP id m2-20020a056638260200b0035a66ec8d99mr12677381jat.170.1664213658204; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:34:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220920140138.27210-1-palmer@rivosinc.com> <20220920140138.27210-3-palmer@rivosinc.com> In-Reply-To: <20220920140138.27210-3-palmer@rivosinc.com> From: Atish Patra Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:34:07 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: RISC-V: Mention the UEFI Standards To: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20220926_103422_460380_0EA39438 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 27.37 ) X-BeenThere: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-riscv" Errors-To: linux-riscv-bounces+linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 7:31 AM Palmer Dabbelt wrote: > > 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. > > Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt > --- > This also came up during the Plumbers BoF. The other discussed options > were to wait for an ACPI/UEFI specification to be published or to just > not wait at all, but this middle ground matches how we handle the RISC-V > specifications and it seems like there was broad agreement on it. > > As usual with policy stuff I'll wait a bit for others to have a chance > to chime in, but I think the wording on this one is at least easier to > reason about than some of the others. > --- > 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 8087718556da..08cb92324eaf 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 make incompatible changes in the future. For > +specifications from the RISC-V foundation this means "Frozen" or > +"Ratified", for the UEFI specifications this means a published ECR. It would be good to explicitly mention "UEFI forum specifications" or UEFI/ACPI specifications. > +(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 > -- > 2.34.1 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-riscv mailing list > linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv Other than that, LGTM Reviewed-by: Atish Patra -- Regards, Atish _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv