Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 0/6] mips: Add DT bindings for MIPS CDMM and MIPS GIC

From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
To: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@baikalelectronics.ru>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@gmail.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@baikalelectronics.ru>,
	Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>,
	James Hogan <jhogan@kernel.org>,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 0/6] mips: Add DT bindings for MIPS CDMM and MIPS GIC
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 18:56:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200601165646.GA12402@alpha.franken.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200601152449.2okwqaqw4262nedu@mobilestation>

On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 06:24:49PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> Hello Marc,
> 
> On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 01:31:27PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > On 2020-06-01 13:21, Serge Semin wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > Since Paul isn't looking after the MIPS arch code anymore, Ralf hasn't
> > > been seen maintaining MIPS for a long time, Thomas is only responsible
> > > for the next part of it:
> > > 	F:      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/
> > > 	F:      Documentation/mips/
> > > 	F:      arch/mips/
> > > 	F:      drivers/platform/mips/
> > > the MIPS-specific drivers like:
> > > 	F:	drivers/bus/mips_cdmm.c
> > > 	F:	drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-cpu.c
> > > 	F:	drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
> > > 	F:	drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
> > > 	F:	drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-cps.c
> > > seem to be left for the subsystems maintainers to support. So if you
> > > don't
> > > mind or unless there is a better alternative, I can help with looking
> > > after them to ease the maintainers review burden and since I'll be
> > > working
> > > on our MIPS-based SoC drivers integrating into the mainline kernel repo
> > > anyway. If you don't like this idea, please just decline the last
> > > patch in the series.
> > 
> 
> > Given how deeply integrated the MIPS GIC is in the architecture, I'd
> > really like Thomas to co-maintain it, or at the very least give his
> > blessing on you being the dedicated point of contact for MIPS GIC
> > stuff.
> 
> I don't mind either way. First option might be even better. Thomas,
> what do you think?

sure, I'm happy to be your co-maintainer.

Thomas.

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