From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934482AbYEBM4F (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 08:56:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760331AbYEBMzw (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 08:55:52 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.170]:5670 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760048AbYEBMzv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2008 08:55:51 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=HJpkfednRBGwptnlXvB/vGQsJvgeuS5B7Y4eyYXO8JE+nUa87qwX8WYTx0XEv00H2KDz4ho7qfyfK+7BV8mLR1Q9T4J9F2UAUz5fvJTHLI7+vEn8jlGynOHJy3TWEPAfpI1K3skqGnKoTvQXIsegqArL4wuVLrOkGjvSsmW3ec4= Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 13:58:12 +0200 To: David Woodhouse Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Paul Gortmaker , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tim Bird Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Embedded Maintainer(s), linux-embedded@vger list Message-Id: <20080502135812.b9544959.Kristoffer.Ericson@Gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1209577322.25560.402.camel@pmac.infradead.org> References: <1209577322.25560.402.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Organization: JLime X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT From: Kristoffer Ericson Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:42:02 +0100 David Woodhouse wrote: > Andrew Morton has been saying recently that we need an 'embedded > maintainer', to take responsibility for 'embedded issues' in the core > kernel, as well as trying to improve our relationship with those using > the Linux kernel for 'embedded' devices -- who have a reputation of > not working with us very closely; to their detriment as well as our > own. Sounds like a good idea. I doubt it will change much concerning development but it would be good to have some "representation" for embedded stuff. > > Various people, including myself, have been doing that kind of thing > on and off over the years anyway, but Andrew is probably right that > it's worth having someone listed in the MAINTAINERS file who actually > considers it their responsibility, and as a point of contact for > people seeking advice, review, etc. > Agreed. > I've volunteered to take a more active rôle in this, and Wind River > has agreed to assign Paul Gortmaker to it, too. The following patch > adds both of us to the MAINTAINERS file. > > We have also set up a mailing list, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, > where development related to embedded stuff can happen in a slightly > less noisy environment than the main linux-kernel list. We'd like to > encourage anyone working on Linux in embedded devices to join the list. > > -- > dwmw2 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Kristoffer Ericson