From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752835AbdKJKkW (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2017 05:40:22 -0500 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70]:57504 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752451AbdKJKkU (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2017 05:40:20 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:40:35 +0000 From: Lorenzo Pieralisi To: Shawn Lin Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , Kishon Vijay Abraham I , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Lorenzo Pieralisi for PCI host bridge drivers Message-ID: <20171110104035.GA842@red-moon> References: <20171108201510.18601.30578.stgit@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com> <20171108202602.GA19676@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com> <4805cf13-3e33-31fb-ab25-1adb4ed13b9c@ti.com> <20171109150528.GA7629@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 08:46:29AM +0800, Shawn Lin wrote: > 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 > >>>> > >>>>Add Lorenzo Pieralisi as maintainer for PCI native host bridge drivers and > >>>>the endpoint driver framework. > >>>> > >>>>Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas > >>> > >>>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 > >>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 > >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 > > Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi > > > >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 > >+M: Lorenzo Pieralisi > > 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 > >+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? I think you should always use Bjorn's tree as a reference and we will sort out the dependencies. Thanks, Lorenzo