From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E9DC10DCE for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 22:56:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6420D206D5 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 22:56:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726498AbgCHW4a (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Mar 2020 18:56:30 -0400 Received: from smtprelay0176.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.176]:40520 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726352AbgCHW43 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Mar 2020 18:56:29 -0400 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay01.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9795F101D66B3; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 22:56:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: art56_1b3ccfb8be443 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 3075 Received: from XPS-9350.home (unknown [47.151.143.254]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf20.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 22:56:27 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <5129f7dbd8506cc9fd5a8f76dc993d789566af6c.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] MAINTAINERS: include GOOGLE FIRMWARE entry From: Joe Perches To: Guenter Roeck , Lukas Bulwahn Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Stephen Boyd , Guenter Roeck , Julius Werner , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:54:47 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <20200308195116.12836-1-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" User-Agent: Evolution 3.34.1-2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2020-03-08 at 15:32 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 12:51 PM Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > > All files in drivers/firmware/google/ are identified as part of THE REST > > according to MAINTAINERS, but they are really maintained by others. [] > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS [] > > @@ -7111,6 +7111,14 @@ S: Supported > > F: Documentation/networking/device_drivers/google/gve.rst > > F: drivers/net/ethernet/google > > > > +GOOGLE FIRMWARE > > +M: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > +M: Stephen Boyd > > +R: Guenter Roeck > > +R: Julius Werner > > +S: Maintained > > +F: drivers/firmware/google/ > > + > > FWIW, I would not mind stepping up as maintainer if needed, but I > think we should strongly discourage this kind of auto-assignment of > maintainers and/or reviewers. Auto assignment should definitely _not_ be done. This is an RFC proposal though. Sometimes it's better to not produce an RFC as a patch, but maybe just show a proposed section and ask if is appropriate may be a better style going forward. Maybe just emailing Greg, Stephen, Guenter and Julius (cc'ing LKML) asking something like the below would be better: ---------------------------------------------------- Hey all. Files in drivers/firmware/google/ do not seem to have a listed MAINTAINER. Would a section entry in MAINTAINERS like this be appropriate? GOOGLE FIRMWARE M: Greg Kroah-Hartman M: Stephen Boyd R: Guenter Roeck R: Julius Werner S: Maintained F: drivers/firmware/google/ Is there a git tree somewhere that should be added? What would be the status of this proposed section? Does someone really look after it at all?