linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] platform: Add ARM64 platform directory

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:03:20 +0000
From: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
 Nikita Travkin <nikita@...n.ru>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
 Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, cros-qcom-dts-watchers@...omium.org,
 Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>, Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
 Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
 Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] platform: Add ARM64 platform directory

On 12/03/2024 11:40, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2024, Nikita Travkin wrote:
> 
>> Some ARM64 based laptops and computers require vendor/board specific
>> drivers for their embedded controllers. Even though usually the most
>> important functionality of those devices is implemented inside ACPI,
>> unfortunately Linux doesn't currently have great support for ACPI on
>> platforms like Qualcomm Snapdragon that are used in most ARM64 laptops
>> today. Instead Linux relies on Device Tree for Qualcomm based devices
>> and it's significantly easier to reimplement the EC functionality in
>> a dedicated driver than to make use of ACPI code.
>>
>> This commit introduces a new platform/arm64 subdirectory to give a
>> place to such drivers for EC-like devices.
>>
>> A new MAINTAINERS entry is added for this directory. Patches to files in
>> this directory will be taken up by the platform-drivers-x86 team (i.e.
>> Hans de Goede and Mark Gross).
> 
> Mark -> me.
> 
>> +ARM64 PLATFORM DRIVERS
>> +M:	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
>> +M:	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
>> +L:	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
>> +S:	Maintained
>> +Q:	https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/platform-driver-x86/list/
>> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86.git
>> +F:	drivers/platform/arm64/
> 
> Is some ARM64 person going to pay attention to these patches (you or
> perhaps somebody else)?
> 
> It's perfectly fine to have some ARM64 person(s) listed as an additional
> maintainer there even if the patches themselves are routed through Hans
> and me (and pdx86 tree). With Mellanox and Surface platform drivers which
> are also routed through pdx86 tree, we have Hans + me + 3rd person listed
> as maintainers.

You can add me as a +R.

Perhaps Dmitry and Konrad would want to be on the list too.

Actually since Dmitry has already done some work on this, I think he 
should be on the review list for this series.

Adding..

> 
> (This is not to force anything on anyone but it could be beneficial if
> somebody more familiar with ARM64 is in the loop.)

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