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dt-bindings: submitting-patches: add guidance on patch content and subject

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Clarify that binding patches should also include include/dt-bindings/*
as part of them. The binding doc defines the ABI and the includes are
part of that. Add some details on the preferred subject prefix and
contents.

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
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@ -6,7 +6,14 @@ I. For patch submitters
0) Normal patch submission rules from Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
applies.
1) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should be a separate patch.
1) The Documentation/ and include/dt-bindings/ portion of the patch should
be a separate patch. The preferred subject prefix for binding patches is:
"dt-bindings: <binding dir>: ..."
The 80 characters of the subject are precious. It is recommended to not
use "Documentation" or "doc" because that is implied. All bindings are
docs. Repeating "binding" again should also be avoided.
2) Submit the entire series to the devicetree mailinglist at