linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Add kconfig utility scripts

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQm4v6yNq_EwGhY765f_D302aPgPfyxVDRqYMXpwpx=pA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:23:41 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Add kconfig utility scripts

On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM Thomas Weißschuh
<thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> There are various utilities in scripts/ which work with kconfig files.
> These have currently no maintainer.
> As most patches for them are applied through kconfig/kbuild anyways,
> add an explicit maintainership entry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 30cbc3d44cd53e6b1a81d56161004d7ab825d7a9..2bd414fb3e6d6515b57a57a5f3d4d735137edcce 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -12385,6 +12385,9 @@ Q:      https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/list/
>  T:     git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git kbuild
>  F:     Documentation/kbuild/kconfig*
>  F:     scripts/Kconfig.include
> +F:     scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
> +F:     scripts/config
> +F:     scripts/diffconfig
>  F:     scripts/kconfig/


There are a number of random scripts I am unfamiliar with.

I have never used checkkconfigsymbols.py

I may happen to check patches for such tools very reluctantly
and very lazily, but it is daunting to endlessly extend
my obligations, especially to the point where I lost interest.




--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada