From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753960AbaFRXNp (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:13:45 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:43030 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751633AbaFRXNn (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:13:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:17:42 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pv-drivers@vmware.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add entry for VMware Balloon driver Message-ID: <20140618231742.GB7234@kroah.com> References: <1403132941-1394-1-git-send-email-dtor@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1403132941-1394-1-git-send-email-dtor@vmware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:09:01PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov > --- > MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++ > drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index 6c484ac..3a446e8 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -9645,6 +9645,12 @@ L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org > S: Supported > F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c > > +VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER > +M: "VMware, Inc." > +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > +S: Maintained > +F: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c I really hate having a "alias" as a maintainer, and not a "real" name. Kernel development is done by individuals, we don't have companies as authors or signed-off-by lines, we have developers. So I will not accept this, sorry. Please find a real person who is willing to maintain this code, or just mark it unsupported. thanks, greg k-h