linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: ARM: vt8500: add Krzysztof Kozlowski as maintainer

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Message-ID: <82482ddc-9f0f-45b6-b1a1-6de2617b6980@linaro.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:43:18 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Alexey Charkov <alchark@...il.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arm <arm@...nel.org>, soc@...nel.org,
 Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: ARM: vt8500: add Krzysztof Kozlowski as
 maintainer

On 12/06/2024 14:57, Alexey Charkov wrote:
> Hi Arnd, Krzystof,
> 
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, at 13:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> The ARM VIA/WonderMedia VT8500 platform became orphaned in
>>> commit 8f1b7ba55c61 ("MAINTAINERS: ARM/VT8500, remove defunct e-mail")
>>> and clearly it is on the way out of the kernel.  However few folks send
>>> patches to it and it is nice to actually take them, till the platform is
>>> in the kernel.
>>>
>>> I do not plan to actively support/maintain ARM VT8500 but I can take odd
>>> fixes now and then.
>>>
>>> Extend the maintainer entry to cover also VT8500 DTS.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
>>
>> Cc: Alexey Charkov
>>
>> Thanks for stepping up. A few years ago, Alexey also had
>> some interest in this platform and knew some other remaining
>> users.
> 
> Indeed, I'm still interested in getting it up and running, and even
> got my good old WM8950-based APC Rock board out of storage for it
> recently. I also have a WM8880-based laptop and another WM8850-based
> one at hand, but need to bring them up to speed. Should also have a
> number of older WM8750, WM8650 and VT8500 (but not WM8505) devices
> somewhere deeper in storage.
> 
> I haven't touched the related code in a while, but as the original
> author of VT8500 and WM8505 support code from over a decade back I'd
> love to keep it all alive and functional, including reviewing and
> testing stuff as well as (hopefully) adding extra functionality that's
> been on my backlog for years. Does that count as support/maintain?
> Happy to be listed in maintainers and be in the loop if I qualify.

You can take the sole maintainership thus handle patches/pull requests,
or become added as a co-maintainer.

Best regards,
Krzysztof