linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Samsung pinctrl entries

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Date:	Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:47:20 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>
Cc:	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Samsung pinctrl entries

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com> wrote:
> On Friday 14 of June 2013 07:47:15 Kukjin Kim wrote:
>> Tomasz Figa wrote:
>> > On Thursday 13 of June 2013 10:05:44 Doug Anderson wrote:
>> > > It's convenient if get_maintainer suggests sending samsung/exynos
>> > > pinctrl changes to linux-samsung-soc and to Kukjin.  Add an entry
>> > > for
>> > > that.
>> >
>> > Well, if we are already at it, we could list the actual maintainers of
>> > the driver.
>> >
>> > The original maintainer was Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@...aro.org>
>>
>> Should be original author?! I think, original maintainer was/is Linus
>> Walleij.
>
> Linus is the maintainer of the pin control subsystem. In addition drivers
> can have their own maintainers, but of course they are lower in the
> hierarchy than subsystem maintainers.

Well I don't really like hiearchies, as I'm basically anarchist :-P

Anyway, as long as the get-mainater script output both Thomas
and my name I don't really care, the only practical intent with
this file is to be able to mail the right people.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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