Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: add email addresses from dts files

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 11/02/2023 13:14, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> The DTS/DTSI files represent hardware description for Linux kernel,
> which is necessary to properly recognize and configure hardware by
> Linux.  DTS is usually created by people having the actual hardware and
> having interest in keeping it in good shape.  Such people can provide
> review (they might have board schematics) and testing.  Unfortunately
> they mostly do not appear in MAINTAINERS file.  Adding per-DTS entries
> to MAINTAINERS would quickly make it bloated (hundreds of new per-DTS
> entries).
> 
> On the other hand there is no point in CC-ing every Copyright email
> appearing in files, because it might be outdated.  Add new in-file
> pattern for storing maintainers dedicated to specific boards:
> 
>   Maintainer: John Smith <email>
> 
> Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> Suggested-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>

This is obviously not a valid tag anymore... I'll sent a v2 tomorrow.

Best regards,
Krzysztof