linux-kernel - Re: About the maintainer of "MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES"

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Message-Id: <20080930154908.aaf80a11.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:49:08 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Kristoffer Ericson <kristoffer.ericson@...il.com>,
	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alessandro Rubini <ar@...dd.com>,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...ion.unipv.it>
Subject: Re: About the maintainer of "MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES"

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:54:57 +0200 (CEST) Jiri Kosina wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Kristoffer Ericson wrote:
> 
> > > I in fact never understood what this maintainers entry meant ... what 
> > > is the device in question here?
> > I thought mouse was a part of linux-input? Or am I missing something?
> 
> It is. Generic mice interface is maintained by Dmitry as part of linux 
> input subsystem, and USB mice (usb hid) is maintained by me.

Ack.  And there is no MISC maintainer, so Jiri's patch to remove the
entire entry makes sense IMO.

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~Randy
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