linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] misc: remove CONFIG_MISC

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Date:	Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:11:45 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>, Luciano Coelho <coelho@...com>,
	matti.j.aaltonen@...ia.com, johannes@...solutions.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sameo@...ux.intel.com,
	mchehab@...radead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] misc: remove CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES

On 09/05/2011 07:19 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I think it would simply be more consistent to have it enabled all
> the time. Well, even better would be to move the bulk of the misc
> drivers to a proper location sorted by their subsystems. A lot of them
> should never have been merged in their current state IMHO.


If it's clear where they belong, then sure, they should be somewhere
other than drivers/misc/, but I don't see that it's clear for several
of them.


> I think I should finally do what has been  talked about a few times and
> formally become the maintainer of drivers/char and drivers/misc ;-)
> 
> The problem is that I'm not actually a good maintainer, but maybe it's
> better to just have someone instead of falling back to Andrew or
> some random subsystem maintainer to send any patches for drivers/misc.

We have fallbacks to Andrew and/or GregKH currently, but GregKH is not
consistent or timely with applying drivers/misc/ patches.  It deserves better.
[added him to Cc: list]

So yes, I think that drivers/misc/ (and probably drivers/char/) deserves
a maintainer, but you are not making a good case for you being that person.


-- 
~Randy
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