linux-kernel - Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] drm: update MAINTAINERS for qemu drivers (bochs, cirrus, qxl, virtio-gpu)

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Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:13:49 +0100
From:   Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>
To:     Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>, Eric Blake <eblake@...hat.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, qemu-devel@...gnu.org,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] drm: update MAINTAINERS for qemu drivers
 (bochs, cirrus, qxl, virtio-gpu)

On 23.11.2016 09:06, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
>>>>>>>> +L:	qemu-devel@...gnu.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> qemu-devel list already has very high traffic - not sure whether it
>>>>>> makes much sense to route even more additional patches here. Maybe
>>>>>> rather create a separate mailing list like qemu-graphics@...gnu.org ?
> 
>> So you've just managed to convince me that including qemu-devel on every
>> driver patch, when qemu.git will not be modified, may indeed be
>> overkill; when compared to the option of just creating a new dedicated
>> list for the subset of kernel patches related to qemu drivers.
> 
> Well, that isn't my intention.  I want the kernel patches for qemu
> graphics being more visible for developers working on the host (device
> emulation) side.  A separate list just for those patches is quite the
> contrary ...
> 
> Maybe virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org would be a better choice
> than qemu-devel ...

Yes, I agree, that sounds like a better fit. You might even get the
attention from other people there who are working on virtualization
solutions other than QEMU.

 Thomas