I don’t yet know enough to comment on the relocation of vmw_pvscsi into a new vmware folder.
I was considering offering a new patch that removed the “maintained by” from the two source
files and updated MAINTAINERS, but I’m happy to defer to people with more experience. I’m
fine either way.
On 6/17/16, 11:06 AM, "Joe Perches" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Perhaps a patch like this:
>
>From e727c6549e3be466ec3c79e919502cb0b9909b03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>Message-Id: <e727c6549e3be466ec3c79e919502cb0b9909b03.1466186573.git.joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:56:49 -0700
>Subject: [PATCH] vmw_pvscsi: Move into separate directory, Jim Gill is MAINTAINER
>
>Separate directories for drivers are generally better.
>
>Miscellanea:
>
>o Update the MAINTAINER entry
>o Remove maintainer and FSF addresses from driver files
>---
> MAINTAINERS | 5 ++---
> drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 8 +-------
> drivers/scsi/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/scsi/vmware/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
> drivers/scsi/vmware/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/scsi/{ => vmware}/vmw_pvscsi.c | 7 -------
> drivers/scsi/{ => vmware}/vmw_pvscsi.h | 7 -------
> 7 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/vmware/Kconfig
> create mode 100644 drivers/scsi/vmware/Makefile
> rename drivers/scsi/{ => vmware}/vmw_pvscsi.c (99%)
> rename drivers/scsi/{ => vmware}/vmw_pvscsi.h (98%)
>
>diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>index d174e34..2763582 100644
>--- a/MAINTAINERS
>+++ b/MAINTAINERS
>@@ -12421,12 +12421,11 @@ S: Maintained
> F: drivers/net/vmxnet3/
>
> VMware PVSCSI driver
>-M: Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>+M: Jim Gill <jgill@xxxxxxxxxx>
> M: VMware PV-Drivers <pv-drivers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> L: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Maintained
>-F: drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
>-F: drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
>+F: drivers/scsi/vmware/
>
> VOLTAGE AND CURRENT REGULATOR FRAMEWORK
> M: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@xxxxxxxxx>
>diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
>index 1918f54..339c230 100644
>--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
>+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
>@@ -576,13 +576,7 @@ config SCSI_FLASHPOINT
> substantial, so users of MultiMaster Host Adapters may not
> wish to include it.
>
>-config VMWARE_PVSCSI
>- tristate "VMware PVSCSI driver support"
>- depends on PCI && SCSI && X86
>- help
>- This driver supports VMware's para virtualized SCSI HBA.
>- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
>- module will be called vmw_pvscsi.
>+source "drivers/scsi/vmware/Kconfig"
>
> config XEN_SCSI_FRONTEND
> tristate "XEN SCSI frontend driver"
>diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Makefile b/drivers/scsi/Makefile
>index 862ab4e..6cfefaa 100644
>--- a/drivers/scsi/Makefile
>+++ b/drivers/scsi/Makefile
>@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BE2ISCSI) += libiscsi.o be2iscsi/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI_ESAS2R) += esas2r/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI_PMCRAID) += pmcraid.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO) += virtio_scsi.o
>-obj-$(CONFIG_VMWARE_PVSCSI) += vmw_pvscsi.o
>+obj-$(CONFIG_VMWARE_PVSCSI) += vmware/
> obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_SCSI_FRONTEND) += xen-scsifront.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV_STORAGE) += hv_storvsc.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI_WD719X) += wd719x.o
>diff --git a/drivers/scsi/vmware/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/vmware/Kconfig
>new file mode 100644
>index 0000000..3c0c53b
>--- /dev/null
>+++ b/drivers/scsi/vmware/Kconfig
>@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
>+config VMWARE_PVSCSI
>+ tristate "VMware PVSCSI driver support"
>+ depends on PCI && SCSI && X86
>+ help
>+ This driver supports VMware's para virtualized SCSI HBA.
>+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
>+ module will be called vmw_pvscsi.
>diff --git a/drivers/scsi/vmware/Makefile b/drivers/scsi/vmware/Makefile
>new file mode 100644
>index 0000000..ae8d278
>--- /dev/null
>+++ b/drivers/scsi/vmware/Makefile
>@@ -0,0 +1 @@
>+obj-$(CONFIG_VMWARE_PVSCSI) += vmw_pvscsi.o
>diff --git a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/vmware/vmw_pvscsi.c
>similarity index 99%
>rename from drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
>rename to drivers/scsi/vmware/vmw_pvscsi.c
>index 6164634..eb1229e 100644
>--- a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
>+++ b/drivers/scsi/vmware/vmw_pvscsi.c
>@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@
> * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
> * NON INFRINGEMENT. See the GNU General Public License for more
> * details.
>- *
>- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
>- *
>- * Maintained by: Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>- *
> */
>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
>diff --git a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h b/drivers/scsi/vmware/vmw_pvscsi.h
>similarity index 98%
>rename from drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
>rename to drivers/scsi/vmware/vmw_pvscsi.h
>index 12712c9..5f675b9 100644
>--- a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
>+++ b/drivers/scsi/vmware/vmw_pvscsi.h
>@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@
> * MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
> * NON INFRINGEMENT. See the GNU General Public License for more
> * details.
>- *
>- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
>- *
>- * Maintained by: Arvind Kumar <arvindkumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>- *
> */
>
> #ifndef _VMW_PVSCSI_H_
>--
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