linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add an entry for the input MT protocol

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:46:26 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add an entry for the input MT protocol

On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 00:31 +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 00:04 +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> >> This patch adds a maintainer for the input multitouch (MT) protocol,
> >> such that get_maintainer.pl selects it whenever an MT event is present
> >> in the patch.
> >> +MULTITOUCH INPUT MT PROTOCOL
> >> +M:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
> >> +L:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org
> >> +S:	Maintained
> >> +F:	Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
> >> +K:	ABS_MT
> > That doesn't seem to match anything other than multitouch
> > stuff, but it's probably best to specify the pattern as
> > much as possible.
> > If you didn't know, K: entries can be entered as perl regex,
> > so maybe something like:
> > K:	\b(ABS|SYN)_MT_
> Thanks for the info. However, since every application using the MT protocol by
> necessity uses at least one event called ABS_MT*, it should be fine as is,
> shouldn't it?

Maybe.  The leading \b and trailing _ are just attempts to
avoid potential clashes with future stuff. 


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