On 11/02/2023 17:27, Joe Perches wrote: > On Sat, 2023-02-11 at 13:14 +0100, 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 appearing in files, because it might be outdated.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@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Suggested-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> --- >> >> This is rework of earlier approach: >> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210809080204.8381-1-shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx > > Why the rework? I think the older one is much simpler. > > I believe I forwarded the older one to Andrew Morton awhile back. > I'll check to see what happened to it. It was never merged, thus I assumed some changes are needed, e.g. to ignore emails in copyrights. Best regards, Krzysztof
