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

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Message-ID: <4C228B49.5000408@euromail.se>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:31:37 +0200
From:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
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

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?

Henrik

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