linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2 RESEND] power: reset: Add syscon reboot/poweroff device nodes for APM X-Gene platform

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:46:36 -0700
From:	Loc Ho <lho@....com>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	Tai Nguyen <ttnguyen@....com>, arm@...nel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"patches@....com" <patches@....com>, Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2 RESEND] power: reset: Add syscon reboot/poweroff
 device nodes for APM X-Gene platform

Hi Olof,

>> This patch set adds syscon reboot/poweroff device nodes to support reboot and
>> poweroff features on X-Gene platform.
>>
>> Tai Nguyen (2):
>>   power: reset: Add syscon reboot device node for APM X-Gene platform
>>   power: reset: Add syscon poweroff device node for APM X-Gene Mustang platform
>>
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-mustang.dts |   12 ++++++++++++
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi  |   12 ++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
>
> Hi,
>
> It's unclear to me what you want to happen to these patches. They are
> sent to a long list of to-recipients, one of which is arm@...nel.org. In
> general, specify the person you want to take action on the patch in to
> with the rest on cc.

Is there an owner for all DT node files? Is that Catalina as he is
owner for ARM64 arch folder?

>
> We generally ask that patches first go to the subarch maintainers,
> and they in turn send it on to us (either through a pull request or
> by sending the patches to be applied). In the case of X-Gene, there is
> no general platform maintainer so we keep getting patches from various
> engineers at APM and it's unclear to us what your intentions are.
>
> I'd prefer to see one (to start with) person in charge of these (i.e. one
> maintainer from the APM side). Please add that person to the MAINTAINERS
> file as well.

Are you suggesting that we have one person to start an GIT with
kernel.org to keep all these misc ack'ed patches for X-Gene (APM) that
don't seems to have an maintainer/home. Then request an pull by you?

Thanks,
Loc
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