linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 resend] MAINTAINERS: Fix 32-bit i.MX platform paths

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:37:09 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>
Cc: Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@...tq-group.com>,
	Markus Niebel <Markus.Niebel@...tq-group.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 resend] MAINTAINERS: Fix 32-bit i.MX platform paths

On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 02:23:36PM +0200, Alexander Stein wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 19. Juni 2024, 14:18:35 CEST schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 01:56:10PM +0200, Alexander Stein wrote:
> > > The original patch was created way before the .dts movement on arch/arm.
> > > But it was patch merged after the .dts reorganization. Fix the arch/arm
> > > paths accordingly.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 7564efb37346a ("MAINTAINERS: Add entry for TQ-Systems device trees and drivers")
> > > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS | 6 +++---
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index c36d72143b995..762e97653aa3c 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -22930,9 +22930,9 @@ TQ SYSTEMS BOARD & DRIVER SUPPORT
> > >  L:	linux@...tq-group.com
> > >  S:	Supported
> > >  W:	https://www.tq-group.com/en/products/tq-embedded/
> > > -F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/imx*mba*.dts*
> > > -F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/imx*tqma*.dts*
> > > -F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/mba*.dtsi
> > > +F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx*mba*.dts*
> > > +F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx*tqma*.dts*
> > > +F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/mba*.dtsi
> > >  F:	arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-*tqml*.dts*
> > >  F:	arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx*mba*.dts*
> > >  F:	arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx*tqma*.dts*
> > 
> > Why is a MAINTAINERS change needed for stable kernels?
> 
> This fixes the original commit introducing these entries, mainlined in v6.6
> Unfortunately that got delayed so much it was merged after commit
> 724ba67515320 ("ARM: dts: Move .dts files to vendor sub-directories"), which
> was merged in v6.5.
> Thus the (32-Bit) arm DT paths are incorrect from the very beginning.

That's fine, who is using these paths on older kernels anyway?  You
should always be doing development on the latest kernel tree, so they
shouldn't matter here.

or am I missing something?

thanks,

greg k-h