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=-10.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS 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 98827C71155 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:02:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 413562225E for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:02:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389594AbgLBTCD (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:02:03 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:47222 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726082AbgLBTCC (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:02:02 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 20:01:18 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1606935682; bh=IjMI8CJE7unsaBbrJ0CoZSVehDUAHUWSL6E99lkW2po=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=P3L9lRg+20QNXHFBuMiDzDacZYK0dIgITJmdqeRgdL9xG+GkWn1+Jd9owrF4MMXT+ YZjIwiDTUDnNm5QI6fVuQ61aSM2lyafmhtbmFQh2moP0RqgDPe0IbRfiquzRM4EITs fRoW6Y/tP9QTZS9f2EHgkloof96tsZz0vxEF0UE0= From: Greg KH To: mark gross 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, Daniele Alessandrelli Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/22] keembay-ipc: Add Keem Bay IPC module Message-ID: References: <20201201223511.65542-1-mgross@linux.intel.com> <20201201223511.65542-4-mgross@linux.intel.com> <20201202174200.GG63356@mtg-dev.jf.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201202174200.GG63356@mtg-dev.jf.intel.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > > S: Maintained > > > F: drivers/char/hw_random/ixp4xx-rng.c > > > > > > +INTEL KEEM BAY IPC DRIVER > > > +M: Daniele Alessandrelli > > > +M: Mark Gross > > > +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. thanks, greg k-h