linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/drivers: Remove redundant driver match function

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Date:   Sat, 7 May 2022 10:33:25 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     lizhe <sensor1010@....com>, lee.jones@...aro.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/drivers: Remove redundant driver match function

On Sat, May 07, 2022 at 10:21:37AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 09:59:52PM -0700, lizhe wrote:
> > If there is no driver match function, the driver core assumes that each
> > candidate pair (driver, device) matches, see driver_match_device().
> 
> I wonder who is supposed to apply this patch. Either it should be split
> by file and go in via the respective maintainers, or it goes in via
> Greg's tree? I added Greg to To: for him to chime in.

It should be split up into each subsystem patch and submitted that way.

> Best regards
> Uwe
>  
> > Signed-off-by: lizhe <sensor1010@....com>

We also need a "real name" here that is used to sign legal documents.  I
doubt an all-lower-case name is used that way, so I have to ask.

thanks,

greg k-h