From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D2911411E7 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2024 14:57:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1720450672; cv=none; b=PtGz1Gpv5dR4ek74pLQdHGzrIOzLXBiSReVkolh1p4gIiQrOo/Q3YLtn4vgahtQeho6dy64J99YVklusxvV6JLcFf8p5320H5vgA3yzLuiBdD1bWcVNMGeV+LlDMKjpkvqc6XQEhPyvmqVonPR+qNg7icofx0lpcyBk7qCtZnh8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1720450672; c=relaxed/simple; bh=PAZ4c+iggln5lTuqb7CUlb4LeOCAXrbpkveAXt0AjF8=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=q0XnEWBkPDYRGRednm57eR0JDHEKM2nDa6XEghKbUght2eVf0K6uLEwMe0rvtb3KVO8erbXZcIIPvY1Si+r3HMqLH1OSuez16TxHeDAfUcMb746grE7ZKgePZVNly2shNMOluQW4XWVvYBuWHQrrwfkM6ZTLgZvB+nsh0DiGBSY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Zw6/nwFU; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Zw6/nwFU" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7AFBAC116B1; Mon, 8 Jul 2024 14:57:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1720450671; bh=PAZ4c+iggln5lTuqb7CUlb4LeOCAXrbpkveAXt0AjF8=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Zw6/nwFUbhxEbDWMtiBFrJMICf7eSqX5nBssURwcgOSSbMPuZWgPe4mh9cc3ldzrz +lmzNMmrlJtk05INWKnEpHnHCNOSZoOlmZ68olyrU7hv9C+hzUrpASACdXNA2IxEwQ dIBam4nezgIzF9uJIiSjXnisoabXTgWEmjx3hOs1BlzqmQKl0FTIVYKil1bnz1xBMg 2934JlLdswygBiOGyCcAcGo/ZUXUq6UhEt55ooFPgj4A9R/ETe4zzPOPfMrbjAz7sd m6w+r64tIl6IpuzNJ2g8L145vS3QyzS7wiceR8i0IhKix1YUwN7m6kFQU5Xfse9l/X cIEkJRl5XPTNg== Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 16:57:49 +0200 From: Maxime Ripard To: Krzysztof Kozlowski , Daniel Vetter , Maarten Lankhorst , Thomas Zimmermann , David Airlie , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Baryshkov , Neil Armstrong , Philippe CORNU , Yannick FERTRE , Raphael Gallais-Pou Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: drm/sti: mark it as Odd Fixes Message-ID: <20240708-industrious-paper-wombat-ef3ff3@houat> References: <20240705100356.16760-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> <20240705-hysterical-beluga-of-courtesy-38b2e2@houat> <20240705151436.GA3949471@gnbcxd0016.gnb.st.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha384; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wyvukfah54l5lf4w" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240705151436.GA3949471@gnbcxd0016.gnb.st.com> --wyvukfah54l5lf4w Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 05:14:36PM GMT, Alain Volmat wrote: > Hi Krzysztof, Daniel, and Maxime, >=20 > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 03:41:26PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 01:33:38PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > > On 05/07/2024 13:22, Maxime Ripard wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 01:19:50PM GMT, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 12:03:56PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrot= e: > > > >>> Patches to STI DRM are not being picked up, so even though there = is > > > >>> maintainer activity, it seems that these drivers are not being ac= tively > > > >>> looked at. Reflect this in maintainer status. > > > >> > > > >> Note that since the driver is in drm-misc, other committers can al= so pick > > > >> up patches and push them. Both Neil and Dimtry have commit rights = and > > > >> should be able to pick up your patches for you, if they get stuck. > > > >=20 > > > > I've applied the patches. > > > >=20 > > > > I don't think we should merge this one though, a one-off mishap can= happen. > > >=20 > > > Sure. > > >=20 > > > Folks, maybe then pattern in maintainers should be somehow changed or= grew? > > >=20 > > > The recommendation to all submitters is to use get_maintainers.pl. b4 > > > also does it. In this particular case, using get_maintainers.pl or b4 > > > will result in patches not being picked up. > >=20 > > I think get_maintainers.pl is correct: You get the driver maintainer, p= lus > > drm-misc maintainers as official fallback, plus Dave&me as fallback of > > last resorts. So all correct. > >=20 > > What's special with the commit rights model is that other committers th= at > > work all over the subsystem can also pick up the patches for you, so th= at > > the drm-misc mainters don't become a bottleneck. But the ideal person > > there are drm-misc committers who work in your team or company, or some= one > > else where you have some goodwill credits to spend with and ask them fo= r a > > favour. And there's just no way to model that and make sure the script > > gives you the right suggestions. >=20 > Many thanks for all your emails and your support. >=20 > In the past, I've never committed patches to drm-misc myself and, to be h= onest, > missed the point that as a drm driver maintainer, I should also do so. Are you saying you don't have a drm-misc account, or that you don't want to participate? > Thanks to recent discussions, I now fully understand how it should be don= e. >=20 > That said, since the volume of drm/sti patches is rather small, I will > from now on request help for commit from drm/stm (Philippe, Yannick, > and Raphael) and drm-misc maintainers in a more "pro-active" way :-) >=20 > Sorry for the inconvenience, and once again, many thanks for your > support. Sorry, but the expectation is very much that you merge at least some of the patches for the driver you maintain, and not just rely on someone eventually picking it up. 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