linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] MAINTAINERS: Change status of some VMware drivers

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Message-ID: <4269C33A-AC6E-4247-8471-5AC0A7D3DB1C@vmware.com>
Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2022 17:37:43 +0000
From:   Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:     Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>
CC:     Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@...are.com>,
        Bryan Tan <bryantan@...are.com>, Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>,
        Linux-graphics-maintainer <Linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>,
        Ronak Doshi <doshir@...are.com>,
        "sgarzare@...hat.com" <sgarzare@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Pv-drivers <Pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] MAINTAINERS: Change status of some VMware drivers

On Sep 6, 2022, at 10:27 AM, Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com> wrote:

> From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>
> 
> Change the status from 'Maintained' to 'Supported' for VMWARE
> BALLOON DRIVER, VMWARE PVRDMA DRIVER, VMWARE PVSCSI driver,
> VMWARE VMCI DRIVER, VMWARE VMMOUSE SUBDRIVER and VMWARE VMXNET3
> ETHERNET DRIVER.
> 
> This needs to be done to conform to the guidelines in [1].
> Maintainers for these drivers are VMware employees.
> 
> [1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainers.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@...are.com>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index b75eb23a099b..5a634b5d6f6c 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -21812,7 +21812,7 @@ VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
> M:	Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
> R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> -S:	Maintained
> +S:	Supported
> F:	drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c

Acked-by: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>