linux-kernel - Re: MAINTAINERS section RISC-V/MICROCHIP POLARFIRE SOC SUPPORT with invalid file references

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Message-ID: <mhng-cb6aa290-2314-480a-ac89-743a2d5f95bc@palmerdabbelt-glaptop>
Date:   Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:20:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To:     atishp@...shpatra.org
CC:     lukas.bulwahn@...il.com, Atish Patra <Atish.Patra@....com>,
        Conor.Dooley@...rochip.com, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:     Re: MAINTAINERS section RISC-V/MICROCHIP POLARFIRE SOC SUPPORT with invalid file references

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:31:17 PDT (-0700), atishp@...shpatra.org wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 9:15 PM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Patish, dear Conor, dear Palmer,
>>
>> Commit df29598aaf5c ("MAINTAINERS: add microchip polarfire soc
>> support") adds the new section RISC-V/MICROCHIP POLARFIRE SOC SUPPORT,
>> but that section solely refers to files that do not exist in the
>> repository.
>>
>> Hence, ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=patterns complains:
>>
>>   warning: no file matches    F:    drivers/soc/microchip/
>>   warning: no file matches    F:    include/soc/microchip/mpfs.h
>>
>> The patch series, [PATCH v4 0/5] Add Microchip PolarFire Soc Support,
>> never adds those files, though. Are they coming through a different
>> patch series into Linus' tree or do you intend to refer to other files
>> instead?
>>
>
> The actual files are added as a part of the following series.
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/list/?series=467187
>
> As the "Add Microchip PolarFire Soc Support" series added the basic SoC support,
> we thought it is better to update the maintainers file in this series
> to provide the information about
> the maintainers for the PolarFire Soc.
>
> Should we just remove the Files section or update the maintainers in
> the SoC system controller series ?

I've just dropped this from my tree, it's best to keep it along with the 
drivers.