Commit 68eabc72 authored by Palmer Dabbelt's avatar Palmer Dabbelt

Documentation: RISC-V: Mention the UEFI Standards

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: default avatarConor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarAtish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarAnup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221207020815.16214-4-palmer@rivosinc.comSigned-off-by: default avatarPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
parent 936100d4
...@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ Submit Checklist Addendum ...@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ Submit Checklist Addendum
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We'll only accept patches for new modules or extensions if the We'll only accept patches for new modules or extensions if the
specifications for those modules or extensions are listed as being specifications for those modules or extensions are listed as being
"Frozen" or "Ratified" by the RISC-V Foundation. (Developers may, of unlikely to be incompatibly changed in the future. For
course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees that contain code for specifications from the RISC-V foundation this means "Frozen" or
any draft extensions that they wish.) "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 Additionally, the RISC-V specification allows implementors to create
their own custom extensions. These custom extensions aren't required their own custom extensions. These custom extensions aren't required
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