linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add files under drivers/virt/* to CHAR and MISC DRIVERS section

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:13:38 +0200
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add files under drivers/virt/* to CHAR and
 MISC DRIVERS section

Hi,

On 28-08-17 16:08, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 03:11:25PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 25-08-17 15:10, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 01:56:23PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>>>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> index 6a349b5c0c2a..db633caa5a1d 100644
>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> @@ -3284,6 +3284,7 @@ T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git
>>>>    S:	Supported
>>>>    F:	drivers/char/*
>>>>    F:	drivers/misc/*
>>>> +F:	drivers/virt/*
>>>
>>> Really?  I'm now in charge of this directory too?  That's news to me...
>>
>> This was suggested by Arnd, as he preferred putting the vboxguest driver
>> under drivers/virt rather then drivers/misc. Note that currently there is
>> only one .c file under drivers/virt: fsl_hypervisor.c
> 
> Ok, but how about we wait until there is more than one file in here?

That is fine by me.

> And what happened to all of the other "virt" drivers, why are they not here?

Some vmware drivers are currently under drivers/misc, Arnd's proposal was
to move those to drivers/virt. virtio and hyperv have their own subsys
dirs.

> Perhaps using this directory isn't really a good idea?

I started out with the same idea which is why v1 of my RFC posting of the
vboxguest driver used drivers/misc, alternatively we could move the single
driver currently under drivers/virt to drivers/misc and stop using
drivers/virt.

> I don't know...

Arnd indicated he has a preference for using drivers/virt for vboxguest +
the vmware drivers, I'm fine either way. This really is a bit of a bikeshed-
ish discussion IMHO. So if you and/or Arnd pick one I will happily follow
whatever you choose.

Regards,

Hans