On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 04:27:32PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > > > You should gain permission from the maintainer before you apply patches. > > > > > > % scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/google,cros-ec.yaml > > > Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx> (supporter:MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES (MFD)) > > > Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS) > > > Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS) > > > Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:ARM/Mediatek SoC support) > > > > I see. I guess for the case, I should get both MFD and DT bindings > > maintainers' Acks before applying the patch. > > Yes. The situation isn't overly clear and differs from subsystem to > subsystem and maintainer to maintainer. In the MFD case, Rob and > Krzysztof conduct the first reviews. 99 times out of 100, if they're > happy, I'm happy and I merge the changes via the MFD tree. Same goes > for Backlight and more recently, LEDs. I see. Apologize for that and I will pay more attention next time when handling cross-subsystem patches.
