On 12/06/2024 14:57, Alexey Charkov wrote:
> Hi Arnd, Krzystof,
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, at 13:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> The ARM VIA/WonderMedia VT8500 platform became orphaned in
>>> commit 8f1b7ba55c61 ("MAINTAINERS: ARM/VT8500, remove defunct e-mail")
>>> and clearly it is on the way out of the kernel. However few folks send
>>> patches to it and it is nice to actually take them, till the platform is
>>> in the kernel.
>>>
>>> I do not plan to actively support/maintain ARM VT8500 but I can take odd
>>> fixes now and then.
>>>
>>> Extend the maintainer entry to cover also VT8500 DTS.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Cc: Alexey Charkov
>>
>> Thanks for stepping up. A few years ago, Alexey also had
>> some interest in this platform and knew some other remaining
>> users.
>
> Indeed, I'm still interested in getting it up and running, and even
> got my good old WM8950-based APC Rock board out of storage for it
> recently. I also have a WM8880-based laptop and another WM8850-based
> one at hand, but need to bring them up to speed. Should also have a
> number of older WM8750, WM8650 and VT8500 (but not WM8505) devices
> somewhere deeper in storage.
>
> I haven't touched the related code in a while, but as the original
> author of VT8500 and WM8505 support code from over a decade back I'd
> love to keep it all alive and functional, including reviewing and
> testing stuff as well as (hopefully) adding extra functionality that's
> been on my backlog for years. Does that count as support/maintain?
> Happy to be listed in maintainers and be in the loop if I qualify.
You can take the sole maintainership thus handle patches/pull requests,
or become added as a co-maintainer.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
