linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] configfs-based GPIO simulator for v5.16

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Date:   Sun, 7 Nov 2021 13:36:27 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] configfs-based GPIO simulator for v5.16

On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 01:16:58PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 8:01 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> 
> > A couple months have passed with a few more iterations and I still can't get
> > any meaningful reviews from the configfs maintainers (nor NAKs for that
> > matter). I decided to give it another try and send it to you directly again.
> 
> I think this indicates that configfs is partly orphaned. If not formally
> then practically. Let's poke Greg and see what he says, configfs
> is important for USB.
> 
> I do understand the lack of maintainership hours and that people have
> more important things to do, we all suffer from this.
> 
> If you are the only one who really care maybe we should consider listing
> you as configfs (co-)maintainer as well?

configfs has two current maintainers, I don't think we need another one,
but they should have at least responded to the patch series previously
:(

greg k-h