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docs: dt: submitting-patches: Add note about other project usage

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In an attempt to make it more broadly known that other projects are
equal consumers / users of the device tree bindings, add a note to
submitting patches to say that extra care and consideration may need to
be taken when updating existing bindings.

Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210910142419.5237-1-trini@konsulko.com
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ I. For patch submitters
string that is matched by the driver (as in the "nvidia,tegra20-pcie"
example above).
9) Bindings are actively used by multiple projects other than the Linux
Kernel, extra care and consideration may need to be taken when making changes
to existing bindings.
II. For kernel maintainers
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