Re: [PATCH] Add an entry in MAINTAINERS for VMware's hypervisor interface

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On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 14:23 +0530, Alok Kataria wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> This change adds an entry to the maintainers file to explicitly state
> that any changes to vmware.c should be sent to the authors of the file
> as well.

It never hurts to add MAINTAINER entries.

> If you are thinking why do this now, off late we have seen quite a few
> changes that touched the "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c" file but were
> not directed to me, someone else made me aware of those changes.

Many people don't use get_maintainer

> It
> could be that my use of different SOB lines "Alok N Kataria" vs "Alok
> Kataria" confuses get_maintainer.pl,

That shouldn't be a problem unless the email addresses are
also different.

> +++ linux-2.6/MAINTAINERS	2013-09-04 14:20:39.714026943 +0530
[]
> +VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
> +M: Alok Kataria <akataria@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +L: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +S: Supported
> +F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
> +

It'd be nicer to use tabs after the colon


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