linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 0/6] mips: Add DT bindings for MIPS CDMM and MIPS GIC

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Message-ID: <20200601152449.2okwqaqw4262nedu@mobilestation>
Date:   Mon, 1 Jun 2020 18:24:49 +0300
From:   Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
CC:     Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>, <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 0/6] mips: Add DT bindings for MIPS CDMM and
 MIPS GIC

Hello Marc,

On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 01:31:27PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 2020-06-01 13:21, Serge Semin wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Since Paul isn't looking after the MIPS arch code anymore, Ralf hasn't
> > been seen maintaining MIPS for a long time, Thomas is only responsible
> > for the next part of it:
> > 	F:      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mips/
> > 	F:      Documentation/mips/
> > 	F:      arch/mips/
> > 	F:      drivers/platform/mips/
> > the MIPS-specific drivers like:
> > 	F:	drivers/bus/mips_cdmm.c
> > 	F:	drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-cpu.c
> > 	F:	drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
> > 	F:	drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c
> > 	F:	drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-cps.c
> > seem to be left for the subsystems maintainers to support. So if you
> > don't
> > mind or unless there is a better alternative, I can help with looking
> > after them to ease the maintainers review burden and since I'll be
> > working
> > on our MIPS-based SoC drivers integrating into the mainline kernel repo
> > anyway. If you don't like this idea, please just decline the last
> > patch in the series.
> 

> Given how deeply integrated the MIPS GIC is in the architecture, I'd
> really like Thomas to co-maintain it, or at the very least give his
> blessing on you being the dedicated point of contact for MIPS GIC
> stuff.

I don't mind either way. First option might be even better. Thomas, what do you
think?

-Sergey

> 
> Thanks,
> 
>         M.
> -- 
> Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...