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2025-03-17	docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements	Jacek Lawrynowicz
	The guidelines mention that firmware updates can't break the kernel, but it doesn't state directly that they can't break userspace programs. Make it explicit that firmware updates cannot break UAPI. Signed-off-by: Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> [jc: fixed "no trailing newline"] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250314100137.2972355-1-jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com
2022-07-28	docs: driver-api: firmware: add driver firmware guidelines. (v3)	Dave Airlie
	A recent snafu where Intel ignored upstream feedback on a firmware change, led to a late rc6 fix being required. In order to avoid this in the future we should document some expectations around linux-firmware. I was originally going to write this for drm, but it seems quite generic advice. v2: rewritten with suggestions from Thorsten Leemhuis v3: rewritten with suggestions from Mauro Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> Acked-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> Acked-by: Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220721044352.3110507-1-airlied@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>