Hi Tim, On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 03:17:22PM -0600, Tim Bird wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 3:52 AM Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > > > > The mails I sent to Matt on September 14 and 20 both were refused by the > > MTA responsible for selenic.com (i.e. waste.org) with: > > > > 554 5.7.1 <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>: Recipient address rejected: This identity is obsolete > > > > Also the most recent commit that involved him (ignoring "Cc: Matt > > Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>" footers) is commit 330e0a01d54c (MAINTAINERS: > > Theodore Ts'o is taking over the random driver) where he was removed > > from the entry for random number drivers in 2012. > > > > So drop him completely from the list of maintainers. > > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > MAINTAINERS | 2 -- > > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > index d7b4f32875a9..805630c67a1f 100644 > > --- a/MAINTAINERS > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > @@ -6812,7 +6812,6 @@ F: drivers/media/usb/em28xx/ > > > > EMBEDDED LINUX > > M: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -M: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > M: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > L: linux-embedded@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > S: Maintained > > @@ -8157,7 +8156,6 @@ F: include/trace/events/hwmon*.h > > K: (devm_)?hwmon_device_(un)?register(|_with_groups|_with_info) > > > I think an overhaul of the "EMBEDDED LINUX" MAINTAINERS entry > is long-overdue. > > No offense to any of the 3 persons listed, but I think the kernel developer > community would be better served by a group of individuals with a more > current active role in embedded linux. I have a few names I'll toss out for > candidates: Matt Porter, Kevin Hilman, Thomas Gleixner, Thomas > Petazonni, Laurent Pinchart, and Uwe Kleine-König (and maybe even > myself). > > This entry in the MAINTAINERS file is somewhat special, in that it > covers a "field of endeavor" rather than a specific set of files or > directories. > > Thoughts? Thank you for volunteering me :-) I was indeed wondering about this particular MAINTAINERS entry. As it doesn't cover any particular set of files, directories, drivers, subsystems or architectures, what does being listed here endeavour ? > ... Volunteers? > > > HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE > > -M: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > M: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > L: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > S: Odd fixes -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart
