linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add networking wireless drivers section

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Message-Id: <20090811.074953.130816092.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:49:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jkosina@...e.cz
Cc:	joe@...ches.com, linville@...driver.com, julia@...u.dk,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add networking wireless drivers section

From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:55:46 +0200 (CEST)

> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Joe Perches wrote:
> 
>> > Why not just create a plain "WIRELESS" umbrella entry that contains 
>> > all of drivers/net/wireless, net/mac80211, and net/wireless?
>> Whatever works for John I suppose. John, do you have a preference?
>> I was trying to avoid the "S: Maintained" label
>> and was copying the form of this section:
>> 
>> NETWORKING DRIVERS
>> L:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
>> W:	http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net
>> T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git
>> S:	Odd Fixes
>> F:	drivers/net/
> 
> Just out of curiosity, why is drivers/net marked as "Odd fixes" and not 
> "Maintained"?

Because it depends upon the individual driver maintainers.  For
example, I don't think one could claim 3c515.c or other ISA ethernet
drivers to be in any kind of "Maintained" state.
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