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Message-ID: <61e5675-570-9566-34c2-86975c56d961@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2023 16:39:08 +0300 (EEST)
From:   Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
cc:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>,
        Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-serial <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update TTY layer for lists and recently
 added files

On Wed, 2 Aug 2023, Tony Lindgren wrote:

> * Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org> [230726 10:12]:
> > On 25. 07. 23, 19:29, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 07:28:46PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 07:53:27AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > > > * Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com> [230721 10:19]:
> > > > > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 10:23:32AM +0300, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > > > > > Add mailing lists for linux-serial and lkml for the TTY layer. And let's
> > > > > > > list the recently added files. This makes it easier for get_maintainer.pl
> > > > > > > to include linux-serial for patches.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Shouldn't serial_* stuff go to the "SERIAL DRIVERS" section?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Not sure if there's some reason we have "TTY LAYER" with serial_core
> > > > > files. If not, yeah let's move the serial files.
> > > > 
> > > > I'll take this patch, can you send a new one that removes the serial
> > > > files from this entry as I don't think they are needed in here anymore.
> > > 
> > > Better yet, they should be merged probably.  Although I don't know if
> > > Jiri wants to be responsible for serial stuff, that's his call...
> > 
> > No problem. I actually didn't realize they are separate. So feel free to
> > submit a patch, so we have a single MAINTAINTERS file entry...
> 
> How about something like this?
> 
> Tony
> 
> 8< ----------------------
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -19319,13 +19319,6 @@ F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/serial.yaml
>  F:	drivers/tty/serdev/
>  F:	include/linux/serdev.h
>  
> -SERIAL DRIVERS
> -M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> -L:	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
> -S:	Maintained
> -F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/
> -F:	drivers/tty/serial/
> -
>  SERIAL IR RECEIVER
>  M:	Sean Young <sean@...s.org>
>  L:	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
> @@ -21760,20 +21753,16 @@ W:	https://github.com/srcres258/linux-doc
>  T:	git git://github.com/srcres258/linux-doc.git doc-zh-tw
>  F:	Documentation/translations/zh_TW/
>  
> -TTY LAYER
> +TTY LAYER AND SERIAL DRIVERS
>  M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>  M:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
>  L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>  L:	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
>  S:	Supported
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty.git
> +F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/
>  F:	Documentation/driver-api/serial/
>  F:	drivers/tty/
> -F:	drivers/tty/serial/serial_base.h
> -F:	drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c
> -F:	drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
> -F:	drivers/tty/serial/serial_ctrl.c
> -F:	drivers/tty/serial/serial_port.c
>  F:	include/linux/selection.h
>  F:	include/linux/serial.h
>  F:	include/linux/serial_core.h

The separation of these two has always felt a bit artificial to me.

Acked-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>

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