Hi Arnd, 2015-05-13 16:48 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>: > On Wednesday 13 May 2015 16:00:21 Masahiro Yamada wrote: >> 2015-05-13 0:00 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>: >> > On Friday 08 May 2015 13:07:10 Masahiro Yamada wrote: >> > Welcome as our latest new maintainer. In the future, please send >> > any follow-up patches for the architecture specific code to >> > arm@xxxxxxxxxx in addition to the normal recipients, once you >> > consider them ready to be applied. >> >> >> Please teach me a little more because I am not experienced enough >> in this community. >> >> >> I checked MAINTAINERS, but I could not find arm@xxxxxxxxxx. >> Is it documented somewhere? >> >> I found ARM SUB-ARCHITECTURES entry in that file, but it does not mention >> the responsible individuals. >> (I assume, you and Olof are the ones.) >> > > We normally only take patches from subarch maintainers that know who > we are and how it works, but we don't want to be Cc'd on every single > patch, so we don't have an entry in MAINTAINERS directly. > >> I have one more question. >> >> Are you receiving pull requests from each sub-arch maintainer? >> Or should every patch be submitted to arm@xxxxxxxxxx and >> applied by you (or other ARM-SoC maintainers)? >> >> I have not earned enough reputations in this ML, so I know >> it is too early for me to handle pull-reqs. >> >> I understand the general development process of Linux, but >> the maintainership of the ARM-SoC subsystem looks more hierarchized, so >> I just want to know its development process correctly. > > No worries, if you are unsure you can always ask us on the mailing > list or on the #armlinux channel on irc.freenode.net. > > If you have more than a few patches at once, we'd always appreciate > a pull request, for a couple of patches, emails to arm@xxxxxxxxxx plus > linux-arm-kernel are fine as well. > > When you do pull requests, please split them up according to larger > topics, e.g. send dts changes separately from code changes, and > separate bug fixes, cleanups and new feature support. > > Often when you add a new driver, that will require sending the driver > code to a subsystem maintainer, and the dts changes to us. If everything > goes well, your DT bindings are both forward and backward compatible, > so they can get merged independently. If you ever have interdependencies > between them, talk to us first so we can find a solution. > > For sending pull requests, it would be good to have a gpg key that > is signed by other well-known kernel developers. If you have such > a key, you can also request a kernel.org account to host a git tree > there, or you can host a git tree somewhere on your company's domain. > A public hosting service like github is not as good for us, but we > can deal with it when you are still ramping up your infrastructure. > Let me know if you need help finding kernel developers to sign your key. > > Arnd About 7 months have passed since I became a sub-arch maintainer (ARM/UniPhier), and I am hoping now I deserve to have the gpg key thing you mentioned. Could you help me get a key and a kernel.org account to host a git tree? It would make it easier to get SoC-specific things in without loading you and Olof. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
