Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Samsung pinctrl entries

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On Friday 14 of June 2013 00:49:08 Tomasz Figa wrote:
> On Friday 14 of June 2013 07:22:53 Kukjin Kim wrote:
> > Tomasz Figa wrote:
> > > On Thursday 13 of June 2013 10:25:02 Doug Anderson wrote:
> > > > Tomasz,
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Tomasz Figa
> > > > <tomasz.figa@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 13 of June 2013 10:05:44 Doug Anderson wrote:
> > > > >> It's convenient if get_maintainer suggests sending
> > > > >> samsung/exynos
> > > > >> pinctrl changes to linux-samsung-soc and to Kukjin.  Add an
> > > > >> entry
> > > > >> for
> > > > >> that.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Well, if we are already at it, we could list the actual
> > > > > maintainers of
> > > > > the driver.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The original maintainer was Thomas Abraham
> > > > > <thomas.abraham@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > (added to CC) and after joining to development of this driver
> > > > > last
> > > > > year I have become a de facto maintainer as well, so...
> > > > > 
> > > > >> Signed-off-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >> ---
> > > > >> 
> > > > >>  MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++++++++
> > > > >>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > >> index 8d97b3e..d026e38 100644
> > > > >> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > > >> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > >> @@ -6284,6 +6284,16 @@ L:
> > > > >> linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >> (moderated for non-subscribers) S:    Maintained
> > > > >> 
> > > > >>  F:   drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> +PIN CONTROLLER - SAMSUNG
> > > > >> +M:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >> +M:   Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > So actually this would be:
> > > > > M:      Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > M:      Tomasz Figa <t.figa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thomas, do you agree on this?
> > > > 
> > > > Ah.  Wasn't sure where the official maintainership should lie.  ;)
> > > > If
> > > > Thomas is happy with this then I'll spin and re-send.  Shall I
> > > > remove
> > > > Kukjin and Linus, then?  It's convenient to have Linus on the list
> > > > since he tends to be the one applying the patches...
> > > 
> > > From my understanding how it works, there is no need to list Linus
> > > in
> > > particular drivers, because he's already listed as a maintainer of
> > > the
> > > whole pinctrl subsystem and get-maintainer accounts for this.
> > > 
> > > Similarly for Kukjin, he's listed as the main Samsung maintainer
> > > already,
> > 
> > If so, the directory like pinctrl should be added under Samsung ARM
> > Architectures like spi and sound for Samsung stuff...
> 
> One more thing.
> 
> As Joe Perches suggested, we might as well add
> 
> N:      exynos
> 
> to ARM/S5P EXYNOS ARM ARCHITECTURE entry, but I'm not really sure if
> it's the right thing to do.

To clarify things a bit, I'm not against doing it. Just I don't think I'm 
the one to decide about it.

Best regards,
Tomasz

> > > but AFAIK in this case the script can't infer this based on
> > > directory
> > 
> > > structure. Let's see how it's done for other Samsung drivers:
> > Well, I don't think so, because pinctrl has the close relationship
> > with
> > exynos arch part and it's little bit different with following. Just in
> > my understanding.
> > 
> > > DRM DRIVERS FOR EXYNOS
> > > M:      Inki Dae <inki.dae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > M:      Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > M:      Seung-Woo Kim <sw0312.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > M:      Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > L:      dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > T:      git
> > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daeinki/drm-
> > > exynos.git
> > > S:      Supported
> > > F:      drivers/gpu/drm/exynos
> > > F:      include/drm/exynos*
> > > F:      include/uapi/drm/exynos*
> > > 
> > > EXYNOS DP DRIVER
> > > M:      Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > L:      linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > S:      Maintained
> > > F:      drivers/video/exynos/exynos_dp*
> > > F:      include/video/exynos_dp*
> > > 
> > > EXYNOS MIPI DISPLAY DRIVERS
> > > M:      Inki Dae <inki.dae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > M:      Donghwa Lee <dh09.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > M:      Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > L:      linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > S:      Maintained
> > > F:      drivers/video/exynos/exynos_mipi*
> > > F:      include/video/exynos_mipi*
> > > 
> > > ARM/SAMSUNG S5P SERIES 2D GRAPHICS ACCELERATION (G2D) SUPPORT
> > > M:      Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > M:      Kamil Debski <k.debski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > L:      linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > L:      linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > S:      Maintained
> > > F:      drivers/media/platform/s5p-g2d/
> > 
> > And I'm asking above all guys _really_ do review and maintaining the
> > file or directories? I don't think so.
> > 
> > > and so on.
> > > 
> > > So I think, based on this precedent, we can do the same for pinctrl.
> > > Let's wait to see Thomas' view on this.
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