From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C486FC4727E for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746D7206B7 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="DoLcBSuG" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730201AbgI3NhB (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:37:01 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53162 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727997AbgI3NhB (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:37:01 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-x341.google.com (mail-ot1-x341.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::341]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFD51C061755 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:37:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ot1-x341.google.com with SMTP id u25so1817894otq.6 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:37:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=3aFqXFO+NLq8jQNvT6AGie5erexmt0zMVH/IIMbYsOA=; b=DoLcBSuGhYboqTS0XokS0HnCQU8dDLYnIHfnIp1ZRUjK2/Fe5JfEQdVien1WTtimLd Vn6lsJsA27I/4WlAKxKtNJdpAZNJ2QK9CeMqC4MRvioBRXHXszAx+qMGLygQiis3s37C CUdHvH7xbM9KK5MUG5vPoP4RvGXcSMVlbfRSvpDST6IBVxQBfZpwKTro4jqId83RZ2qs TEnXdKWt8KhtgbnKv8OxEPN0pxoLX4gNy4Ll/8I4+P1Yd27k1OaY7ZvTBxlLXWIe2nxe NWnau4iZCARxisUx83lAg+Ws49W2qDsuCMi/rWjtfCtkj8ywfc6h7ykK1TrKWjiaplyk 6tCw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :reply-to:references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=3aFqXFO+NLq8jQNvT6AGie5erexmt0zMVH/IIMbYsOA=; b=I3E/3c08JgWu0AzYZ3EP9kU+/CS6x/K7PTHCqw/Bf6AoOmP3+p81XgEpjvpcqBw10d DVdsRBt9LyKpHW/sODgWYRQXtd3nL9bwrvmdImoT+g3Up7vw/79IzNosUSerGd2DKl5W vcXWN1/xrVwzb5Xsm0bNJ2UI1BnA9SVG3GSvknEd/TVjcHyPzdbFHbnXJ8aMtavfZJbs rxFjBwV2rgh/5ZGAD5cE9XvtQob6/eiRlytgW413YFSCjQw7cX4lJflBGdOseitaKKRh MrqJy6yGhSAI02o7xNg0D3/26sFQ588GM+14B4G9k9j5LsCbD5h+dyf6rKjlIZIRy3Az JDGg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532TUrfBglVTCBzpuUXcy2zoO7oafwPMz4EKx/2ZsHyVhfcZsadu 284VieIBochENItTJxvBKg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy/GRW+nCkwKlwfqZFonL63a9aNCtZz6geMrEYcJ6A/c2tmQuQgRc+P+2sON+VjpMT9baj+3A== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:610:: with SMTP id w16mr1478266oti.353.1601473020315; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:37:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from serve.minyard.net ([47.184.170.156]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p1sm373593otq.7.2020.09.30.06.36.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:36:59 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Corey Minyard Received: from minyard.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:b8f6:1b:39:f0c4:8e9f:b46b]) by serve.minyard.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E8CCC180056; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:36:57 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:36:56 -0500 From: Corey Minyard To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: exclude char maintainers from things they do not maintain Message-ID: <20200930133656.GY3674@minyard.net> Reply-To: minyard@acm.org References: <20200930121007.GA1615300@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200930121007.GA1615300@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 02:10:07PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > There are a number of subdirectories and files in drivers/char/ that > have their own maintainers and developers and ways of getting patches to > Linus. This includes random.c, IPMI, hardware random drivers, TPM > drivers, and agp drivers. Instead of sending those patches to Arnd and > myself, who can't do anything with them, send them to the proper > developers instead. > > Cc: Arnd Bergmann > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Yes, please do. No reason for you to get all the noise from these. Acked-by: Corey Minyard > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index d6b9445649e5..a6f0a3ec0047 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -4101,6 +4101,11 @@ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git > F: drivers/char/ > F: drivers/misc/ > F: include/linux/miscdevice.h > +X: drivers/char/agp/ > +X: drivers/char/hw_random/ > +X: drivers/char/ipmi/ > +X: drivers/char/random.c > +X: drivers/char/tpm/ > > CHECKPATCH > M: Andy Whitcroft