This small series updates U-Boot's contributor guidelines and configuration to sync with current best practices around Linux kernel patch submission.
The first patch updates doc/develop/codingstyle.rst to recommend the b4 tool instead of patman as the standard workflow for preparing and sending patches. The revised documentation explains how to create and manage series, run style checks, handle cover letters, discover mailing list recipients, and collect review tags. This reflects widespread adoption of b4 in the Linux kernel community and ensures U-Boot contributors follow consistent, upstream-friendly practices. The second patch simplifies the project’s .b4-config by removing custom overrides for maintainer discovery. The upstream defaults in b4 already invoke scripts/get_maintainer.pl with appropriate arguments, making the redundant configuration unnecessary and reducing long-term maintenance. These updates should make contributing smoother for new developers, reduce duplication with upstream tooling, and ensure our workflow evolves alongside improvements in b4. Both patches were tested by preparing and sending patch series using the updated configuration, confirming that maintainers and reviewers were collected correctly and the emails were generated as expected. Signed-off-by: Javier Tia <[email protected]> --- Javier Tia (2): doc: Update coding style to recommend b4 for patch submission b4-config: Simplify configuration by relying on default b4 maintainer .b4-config | 6 ++--- doc/develop/codingstyle.rst | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 26efc940c865a04d345ac9d39f71746fc2821da6 change-id: 20250929-b4-docs-60da5560f06a Best regards, -- Javier Tia <[email protected]>
