linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for KVM/powerpc

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Message-ID: <67711aec-80b8-f51a-ed4f-9b9f94649e92@suse.de>
Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:01:28 +0200
From:   Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>
To:     Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
        Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>,
        Mihai Caraman <mihai.caraman@...escale.com>,
        Bharat Bhushan <Bharat.Bhushan@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Paul Mackerras as maintainer for
 KVM/powerpc



On 09.10.17 16:56, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 09.10.2017 16:43, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09.10.17 16:42, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> On 09/10/2017 16:34, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>>> Paul is handling almost all of the powerpc related KVM patches nowadays,
>>>> so he should be mentioned in the MAINTAINERS file accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> index 2d3d750..177ffde 100644
>>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>>> @@ -7571,6 +7571,7 @@ F:	arch/mips/include/asm/kvm*
>>>>  F:	arch/mips/kvm/
>>>>  
>>>>  KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR POWERPC (KVM/powerpc)
>>>> +M:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>
>>>>  M:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.com>
>>>>  L:	kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org
>>>>  W:	http://www.linux-kvm.org/
>>>>
>>>
>>> Queued, replacing Alex too.  What's the state of BookE?
>>
>> Orphaned? :)
>>
>> It's a dead architecture anyways
> Do you know whether anybody is still using it? ... if not, maybe it's
> time to remove the code from the kernel?

The systems are still actively sold, so it's way too early to remove it.


Alex