linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/2] Add Virtual Box vboxguest and vboxsf guest drivers to the mainline kernel

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Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:53:12 +0200
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Michael Thayer <michael.thayer@...cle.com>,
        "Knut St . Osmundsen" <knut.osmundsen@...cle.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/2] Add Virtual Box vboxguest and vboxsf guest drivers to
 the mainline kernel

Hi,

On 11-08-17 21:34, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> wrote:
>> On 11-08-17 18:32, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 11-08-17 18:02, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> How about adding it to drivers/virt/ then?
>>
>>
>> That as actually my first choice, but there is only the 1 driver there
>> now, so I was thinking that we should move that 1 driver out of there
>> and get rid of it actually :)
>>
>> But as said it was my first choice, so maybe it should go there and then
>> over time we can move all the things you've listed there (assuming anyone
>> finds the time to do this).
>>
>> One issues with drivers/virt is no-one is listed for it in MAINTAINERS...
> 
> Maybe we could add it to the "CHAR and MISC DRIVERS" section
> in the absence of any other subsystem for it, if you want a well-defined
> path for where to send patches.

That sounds like a good plan, I will send out a MAINTAINERS patch adding
drivers/misc/* to the files list for the "CHAR and MISC DRIVERS" section.

Regards,

Hans