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SubjectRe: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add entry for VMware Balloon driver
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On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 16:19 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 04:17:42 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:09:01PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++
> > > drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 2 +-
> > > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index 6c484ac..3a446e8 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -9645,6 +9645,12 @@ L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
> > >
> > > S: Supported
> > > F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
> > >
> > > +VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
> > > +M: "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
> > > +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > > +S: Maintained
> > > +F: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
> >
> > I really hate having a "alias" as a maintainer, and not a "real" name.
> > Kernel development is done by individuals, we don't have companies as
> > authors or signed-off-by lines, we have developers.
> >
> > So I will not accept this, sorry. Please find a real person who is
> > willing to maintain this code, or just mark it unsupported.
> >
>
> OK, fair enough, we'll find a real name to attach here.

It's definitely better to have a person's name there but
there are many company exploders/aliases in MAINTAINERS.

There already is a pv-drivers@vmware.com too.

MAINTAINERS:M: Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions <aacraid@adaptec.com>
MAINTAINERS:M: dm-devel@redhat.com
MAINTAINERS:M: Intel Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>
MAINTAINERS:M: Intel SCU Linux support <intel-linux-scu@intel.com>
MAINTAINERS:M: iscsi-driver@qlogic.com
MAINTAINERS:M: linux-driver@qlogic.com
MAINTAINERS:M: Linux NICS <linux.nics@intel.com>
MAINTAINERS:M: linux-wimax@intel.com
MAINTAINERS:M: qla2xxx-upstream@qlogic.com
MAINTAINERS:M: Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com>
MAINTAINERS:M: support@lsi.com
MAINTAINERS:M: Support Opensource <support.opensource@diasemi.com>
MAINTAINERS:M: "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>




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