linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update STAGING

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Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 06:06:27 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Ralf Ramsauer <ralf.ramsauer@...-regensburg.de>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update STAGING - REALTEK RTL8188EU DRIVERS

On 8/3/21 3:56 AM, Phillip Potter wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2021 at 08:18, Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> Commit 55dfa29b43d2 ("staging: rtl8188eu: remove rtl8188eu driver from
>> staging dir") removes ./drivers/staging/rtl8188eu, but misses to adjust
>> the STAGING - REALTEK RTL8188EU DRIVERS section in MAINTAINERS.
>>
>> Hence, ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=patterns complains:
>>
>>    no file matches    F:    drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/
>>
>> A refurnished rtl8188eu driver is available in ./drivers/staging/r8188eu/
>> and there is no existing section in MAINTAINERS for that directory.
>>
>> So, reuse the STAGING - REALTEK RTL8188EU DRIVERS section and point to the
>> refurnished driver with its current developers and maintainers according
>> to the current git log.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
>> ---
>> applies cleanly on next-20210803
>>
>> Philipp, Larry, please ack.
>>
>> Greg, please pick this minor cleanup on your staging-next tree.
>>
>>   MAINTAINERS | 5 +++--
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index 36aee8517ab0..ef32c02b3e4d 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -17723,8 +17723,9 @@ F:      drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/
>>
>>   STAGING - REALTEK RTL8188EU DRIVERS
>>   M:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
>> -S:     Odd Fixes
>> -F:     drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/
>> +M:     Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
>> +S:     Supported
>> +F:     drivers/staging/r8188eu/
>>
>>   STAGING - REALTEK RTL8712U DRIVERS
>>   M:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>
> Sorry, not sure how I missed this :-)
> 
> Acked-by: Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
> 
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>