linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC net 1/2] MAINTAINERS: consistently exclude wireless files from NETWORKING [GENERAL]

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Message-ID: <87setb7us5.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:27:38 +0300
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,  Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>,  Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,  Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>,  Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,  Willem
 de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
  netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net 1/2] MAINTAINERS: consistently exclude wireless
 files from NETWORKING [GENERAL]

Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org> writes:

> We already exclude wireless drivers from the netdev@ traffic, to
> delegate it to linux-wireless@, and avoid overwhelming netdev@.
>
> Many of the following wireless-related sections MAINTAINERS
> are already not included in the NETWORKING [GENERAL] section.
> For consistency, exclude those that are.
>
> * 802.11 (including CFG80211/NL80211)
> * MAC80211
> * RFKILL
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index c27f3190737f..ea3ea2c0d3fa 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -16197,8 +16197,19 @@ F:	lib/random32.c
>  F:	net/
>  F:	tools/net/
>  F:	tools/testing/selftests/net/
> +X:	Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
> +X:	Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/
> +X:	Documentation/networking/regulatory.rst
> +X:	include/net/cfg80211.h
> +X:	include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h
> +X:	include/net/iw_handler.h
> +X:	include/net/mac80211.h
> +X:	include/net/wext.h

Should we add also lib80211.h?

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