Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Lorenzo Pieralisi for PCI host bridge drivers | From | Shawn Lin <> | Date | Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:46:29 +0800 |
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Hi Bjorn,
On 2017/11/9 23:05, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 11:28:36AM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: >> Hi Bjorn, >> >> On Thursday 09 November 2017 01:56 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: >>> On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:15:10PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: >>>> From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> >>>> >>>> Add Lorenzo Pieralisi as maintainer for PCI native host bridge drivers and >>>> the endpoint driver framework. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> >>> >>> This is on my for-linus branch, and I intend to merge it for v4.14. >> >> There is already an entry for PCI endpoint in MAINTAINERS file. Can Lorenzo be >> added there? >> >> PCI ENDPOINT SUBSYSTEM >> M: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com> >> L: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org >> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kishon/pci-endpoint.git >> S: Supported >> F: drivers/pci/endpoint/ >> F: drivers/misc/pci_endpoint_test.c >> F: tools/pci/ > > Right, thanks, I forgot all about this separate entry. I added Lorenzo > there, resulting in the patch below. > > My practice has been that all the PCI patches (everything in > drivers/pci plus some include and x86/pci stuff) have been merged via > my tree. > > This includes things in drivers/pci/{host,dwc,endpoint,switch}, which > are non-core things and usually specific to a chipset. I try to > ensure they have individual maintainers designated, and I ask for > their acks for non-trivial changes because I have no specs and no > hardware for testing them. But I think it's still good to have one > person look over them all to try to keep some consistency across them > because they are all quite similar. > > So my hope is that Lorenzo can take over that oversight role from me, > not that he would replace any of those designated maintainers. > > Ideally, this will be transparent to patch submitters except that they > should add Lorenzo to the "To:" line (keeping linux-pci and other > interested parties). > > > commit 6b7be529634bbfbf6395f23217a66d731fbed0a0 > Author: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> > Date: Wed Nov 8 08:49:49 2017 -0600 > > MAINTAINERS: Add Lorenzo Pieralisi for PCI host bridge drivers > > Add Lorenzo Pieralisi as maintainer for PCI native host bridge drivers and > the endpoint driver framework. > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> > Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index db412a627d96..6ce341e86fec 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -10378,6 +10378,7 @@ F: drivers/pci/dwc/*keystone* > > PCI ENDPOINT SUBSYSTEM > M: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com> > +M: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> > L: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org > T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kishon/pci-endpoint.git > S: Supported > @@ -10429,6 +10430,15 @@ F: include/linux/pci* > F: arch/x86/pci/ > F: arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c > > +PCI NATIVE HOST BRIDGE AND ENDPOINT DRIVERS > +M: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> > +L: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org > +Q: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-pci/list/ > +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lpieralisi/pci.git/
So, does that mean the patch(es) for host drivers shoube be based on this tree instead of yours? If yes, which tree should be preferred if a patchset wanna touch both of pci core and host drivers?
> +S: Supported > +F: drivers/pci/host/ > +F: drivers/pci/dwc/ > + > PCIE DRIVER FOR AXIS ARTPEC > M: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@axis.com> > M: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com> > > >
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