linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: merge entries for felix and ocelot drivers

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:43:28 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: merge entries for felix and ocelot drivers

On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 19:37, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 01:07:53 +0300 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> >
> > The ocelot switchdev driver also provides a set of library functions for
> > the felix DSA driver, which in practice means that most of the patches
> > will be of interest to both groups of driver maintainers.
> >
> > So, as also suggested in the discussion here, let's merge the 2 entries
> > into a single larger one:
> > https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg657412.html
> >
> > Note that the entry has been renamed into "OCELOT SWITCH" since neither
> > Vitesse nor Microsemi exist any longer as company names, instead they
> > are now named Microchip (which again might be subject to change in the
> > future), so use the device family name instead.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
>
> Looks like checkpatch is unhappy about the order of files?
>
> WARNING: Misordered MAINTAINERS entry - list file patterns in alphabetic order
> #58: FILE: MAINTAINERS:12308:
> +F:     include/soc/mscc/ocelot*
> +F:     drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/
>
> WARNING: Misordered MAINTAINERS entry - list file patterns in alphabetic order
> #59: FILE: MAINTAINERS:12309:
> +F:     drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/
> +F:     drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/*
>
> total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 0 checks, 46 lines checked

Thanks for checking, Jakub. I sent a v2 now.

-Vladimir