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[75.142.250.213]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g27sm1857762qts.79.2021.09.16.05.41.36 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 16 Sep 2021 05:41:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Tom Rix as fpga maintainer To: Moritz Fischer Cc: Greg KH , hao.wu@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org References: <20210914182333.3903389-1-trix@redhat.com> <25d1dac2-4f9f-b5f0-8ce8-b88442deac9d@redhat.com> From: Tom Rix Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 05:41:35 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org On 9/15/21 1:55 PM, Moritz Fischer wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 09:12:51AM -0700, Tom Rix wrote: >> On 9/15/21 7:04 AM, Greg KH wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 06:23:16AM -0700, Tom Rix wrote: >>>> On 9/14/21 11:58 AM, Greg KH wrote: >>>>> [note, you got the maintainer's email address wrong on your cc: line >>>>> I fixed it up...] >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 11:23:33AM -0700, trix@redhat.com wrote: >>>>>> From: Tom Rix >>>>>> >>>>>> I am the maintainer of the fpga/ subsystem for both the kernel and >>>>>> userspace for Red Hat. I have been an active reviewer and contributor >>>>>> on for public fpga/ subsystem for the last year. I would like to >>>>>> help out more. >>>>>> >>>>>> Since I am paid to do this work, change the status to Supported. >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix >>>>>> --- >>>>>> MAINTAINERS | 4 ++-- >>>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>>>>> >>>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS >>>>>> index 04fa4edf100b83..0443d7ab826659 100644 >>>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS >>>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS >>>>>> @@ -7353,9 +7353,9 @@ F: include/uapi/linux/fpga-dfl.h >>>>>> FPGA MANAGER FRAMEWORK >>>>>> M: Moritz Fischer >>>>>> -R: Tom Rix >>>>>> +M: Tom Rix >>>>>> L: linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org >>>>>> -S: Maintained >>>>>> +S: Supported >>>>>> W: http://www.rocketboards.org >>>>>> Q: http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fpga/list/ >>>>>> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mdf/linux-fpga.git >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 2.26.3 >>>>>> >>>>> Traditionally existing maintainers are the ones that add new >>>>> maintainers, it's not something that you just submit a patch for hoping >>>>> it will be accepted. >>>>> >>>>> What has changed since the last time you asked to do this? >>>> Because public and private requests have gone unanswered for so long, it is >>>> unclear if Moritz is still maintaining the subsystem. >>> He is, as is evident by the patches I accept from him each merge. >>> >>>> The nearly year old xrt patchset has been pending for 6 weeks with minor >>>> changes to one patch out of 14 needing reviews. >>> Code quality is not the maintainer's job, it's the developer's, so the >>> age and number of reviews is not any indication. >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/20210802160521.331031-1-lizhi.hou@xilinx.com/ >> >> The review is needed because Moritz asked for the changes v8 here >> >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/YP42zE2ljx4hHj40@epycbox.lan/ >> >> When the maintainer asks for the changes, they are responsible for the >> followup. >> >>>> The standard release patchset, which needs an opinion has on an api change, >>>> has been outstanding for 8 weeks. >>> Have a pointer to it? >> This was a change you requested. the recent patchset is >> >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/20210914214327.94048-4-russell.h.weight@intel.com/ >> >> The discussion around the api change is >> >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/661d53d0-0ba4-d344-8da0-995a9b612905@redhat.com/ >> >> In these toss up's if the maintainer does not weigh in as the tie breaker, >> the patch stalls. >> >>>> If maintainership depends on an approving maintainter, what happens when the >>>> approving maintainer has left ? >>> Vacations happen in the summer. I've talked to Moritz many times, and >>> all is well here. >> Yes. in the xrt v9 patch Moritz announced late of a vacation with a return >> of 9/4. >> >> It has been 11 days. > I had a family issue that was unforseen combined with an unusual high > post-vacation workload at $dayjob when I got back. > > I'm still catching up, and will get to it when I can. I almost never take vacation because of the post vacation workload. You not having backup is a problem. Please consider taking the help I am offering. Tom > > - Moritz >