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SubjectRE: [PATCH 03/22] keembay-ipc: Add Keem Bay IPC module
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 12:40 AM
> To: mark gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: markgross@kernel.org; arnd@arndb.de; bp@suse.de;
> damien.lemoal@wdc.com; dragan.cvetic@xilinx.com; corbet@lwn.net;
> leonard.crestez@nxp.com; palmerdabbelt@google.com;
> paul.walmsley@sifive.com; peng.fan@nxp.com; robh+dt@kernel.org;
> shawnguo@kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Alessandrelli, Daniele
> <daniele.alessandrelli@intel.com>; Iyer, Sundar <sundar.iyer@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/22] keembay-ipc: Add Keem Bay IPC module
>
> On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 07:35:17PM -0800, mark gross wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:01:18PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 09:42:00AM -0800, mark gross wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 07:16:20AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 02:34:52PM -0800, mgross@linux.intel.com wrote:
> > > > > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > @@ -8955,6 +8955,14 @@ M: Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@plexity.net>
> > > > > > S: Maintained
> > > > > > F: drivers/char/hw_random/ixp4xx-rng.c
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +INTEL KEEM BAY IPC DRIVER
> > > > > > +M: Daniele Alessandrelli <daniele.alessandrelli@intel.com>
> > > > > > +M: Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
> > > > > > +S: Maintained
> > > > > > +F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/intel/intel,keembay-
> ipc.yaml
> > > > > > +F: drivers/soc/intel/keembay-ipc.c
> > > > > > +F: include/linux/soc/intel/keembay-ipc.h
> > > > >
> > > > > Sad that Intel is not going to actually pay you all to do this
> > > > > maintenance work for a brand new subsystem you are wanting to
> > > > > add to the tree :(
> > > > I thought adding my name to these maintainer items would help with
> > > > continuity as the individual engineers tend to move on to other things over
> time.
> > > >
> > > > While I'm paid for a number of things at intel this is one of
> > > > them. My role is as stable as I choose it to be at the point I'm
> > > > at in my Intel career and the business unit I'm now part of. We
> > > > can leave my name off if that would be better.
> > > >
> > > > Even if I'm not a VPU IP domain expert like Daniele is I can still
> > > > chase down the experts as needed after Daniele grows into other things over
> time.
> > >
> > > I'm not objecting to your, or anyone else's name on this at all.
> > > I'm just asking about Intel's support for this new codebase being added.
> > > Having a new subsystem from a major company and not have someone
> > > paid to actually maintain it seems really odd to me.
> > >
> > > That's all. If that's Intel's stance, that's fine, just wanted to
> > > clarify it is correct as I know some people at Intel have been
> > > confused recently about just what the S: field means.
> > I've been following up on whether the status field should be
> > "Supported" or "Maintained" at this time. For this current
> > instantiation of the VPU enabling under review here I think Maintained
> > most appropriate. There are a good number of people who look after it.
> >
> > However; I have learned that the instantiations of the VPU after keem
> > bay and its follow on SoC will include an evolution of this stack and
> > between now and when those get close to landing that evolved version will
> become "Supported".
> >
> > Given this, would it be more appropriate to put this stack into
> > staging for a while?
>
> drivers/staging/ is for code that for some reason is not good enough to be merged
> to the "right" place in the kernel tree, and you need community help to get it
> cleaned up because you can not do it yourself.
>
> Is that the case here? If not, then no, it should not go into drivers/staging/.
That is not the case here. Lets proceed as we are on this then.

Thanks!

--mark

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