On Tue, 2015-10-13 at 22:49 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 07:48:05AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-10-13 at 15:34 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > > Greg and Arnd are supporter of char and misc drivers. While using > > > getmaintainer.pl on any patch or any file in these directories their > > > names were never displayed. > > [] > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > [] > > > M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> > > > T: git > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git > > > S: Supported > > > -F: drivers/char/* > > > -F: drivers/misc/* > > > +F: drivers/char/ > > > +F: drivers/misc/ > > > F: include/linux/miscdevice.h > > > > Do Greg and Arnd really want to be supporting all > > subsystems below drivers/char like agp and xillybus? > > I don't know that. Maybe Greg and Arnd can say. > But wasn't that the intention when char/* *nd misc/* was mentioned here?
No. It was specific to files that are only in the top level directories drivers/char/ and drivers/misc/ but not any files in directories below those. There should be some difference between S: uses for some of the char and misc bits. Besides, as commit 46e642614b36 shows, Greg and Arnd are self-described fools... Still, it may be sensible have 2 MAINTAINERS sections like: CHAR and MISC CORE M: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git S: Supported F: drivers/char/* F: drivers/misc/* F: include/linux/miscdevice.h CHAR and MISC DRIVERS M: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git S: Odd fixes F: drivers/char/ F: drivers/misc/ but maybe there should be some exclusions in the drivers block like: X: drivers/char/hw_random/ X: drivers/char/ipmi/ and probably some others. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
