Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Mark VME subsystem as orphan

Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:14:00 +0000

On 23/11/2023 08:34, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
Martyn Welch lost his access to VME hardware [1]; and Manohar Vanga has been
MIA since early January 2014 (his last message was [2]). Martyn admitted
that the subsystem is basically orphan, so mark it as such. As a bonus,
add CREDITS entries for the former subsystem maintainers.

Acked-by: Martyn Welch <martyn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/fe8ac0db-d6cc-41bc-b926-484b418e1720@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAEktxaFL=3cmU4vZS2akiAR2vG-3d+9HwTZvBvf5JXuThHoOKg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [2]
Cc: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1 [3]:

  * Orphanize the subsystem (Martyn)
  * Sort Manohar's CREDITS entry

[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/20231122094156.30642-1-bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx/

  CREDITS     | 8 ++++++++
  MAINTAINERS | 5 +----
  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index f33a33fd237170..ba6eb6274f8bed 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -3916,6 +3916,10 @@ S: 21513 Conradia Ct
  S: Cupertino, CA 95014
  S: USA
  
+N: Manohar Vanga
+E: manohar.vanga@xxxxxxxxx
+D: VME subsystem maintainer
+
  N: Thibaut Varène
  E: hacks+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  W: http://hacks.slashdirt.org/
@@ -4016,6 +4020,10 @@ D: Fixes for the NE/2-driver
  D: Miscellaneous MCA-support
  D: Cleanup of the Config-files
  
+N: Martyn Welch
+E: martyn@xxxxxxxxxxxx
+D: VME subsystem maintainer
+
  N: Matt Welsh
  E: mdw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  W: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~mdw
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index ea790149af7951..ff083d12001489 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -23234,11 +23234,8 @@ F:	include/linux/vmalloc.h
  F:	mm/vmalloc.c
  
  VME SUBSYSTEM
-M:	Martyn Welch <martyn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@xxxxxxxxx>
-M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  L:	linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-S:	Odd fixes
+S:	Orphan
  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git
  F:	Documentation/driver-api/vme.rst
  F:	drivers/staging/vme_user/

base-commit: 98b1cc82c4affc16f5598d4fa14b1858671b2263







