linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] MAINTAINERS: Add CIX SoC maintainer entry

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Message-ID: <7ed2af14-7677-4188-b77b-7f3c325d40a4@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:20:32 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Peter Chen <peter.chen@...tech.com>
Cc: robh@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org,
 catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cix-kernel-upstream@...tech.com,
 marcin@...zkiewicz.com.pl, Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@...tech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] MAINTAINERS: Add CIX SoC maintainer entry

On 20/03/2025 11:49, Peter Chen wrote:
> On 25-03-20 10:25:53, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> EXTERNAL EMAIL
>>
>> On 05/03/2025 06:38, Peter Chen wrote:
>>> Using this entry as the maintainers information for CIX SKY series SoCs.
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@...tech.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@...tech.com>
>>> ---
>>> Changes for v4
>>> - Add two dts files as maintained files
>>>
>>>  MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index efee40ea589f..edf26cf11ee2 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -2354,6 +2354,16 @@ F:     arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc-ep93xx.h
>>>  F:   arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/
>>>  F:   drivers/iio/adc/ep93xx_adc.c
>>>
>>> +ARM/CIX SKY ARM ARCHITECTURE
>>> +M:   Peter Chen <peter.chen@...tech.com>
>>> +M:   Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@...tech.com>
>>> +R:   CIX Linux Kernel Upstream Group <cix-kernel-upstream@...tech.com>
>>> +L:   linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
>>> +S:   Maintained
>>> +F:   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cix.yaml
>>> +F:   arch/arm64/boot/dts/cix/sky1-orion-o6.dts
>>> +F:   arch/arm64/boot/dts/cix/sky1.dtsi
>>
>> Instead:
>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/cix/
>>
>> or if you think there will be more different architectures coming from
>> cix, which you will not maintain, then useful would be a "sky" subdirectory.
>>
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> Thanks for your comment, CIX is Arm SoC based silicon design
> company, we may have different SoC style for middle end in future.
> So, for that SoC series, it may not name sky.

Your Kconfig says ARCH_CIX :/

Anyway, listing individual files is pointless, so if you are not going
to maintain entire arch, then create subdir. Otherwise why creating so
many entries? The biggest upstreamed SoC vendor (by number of SoCs and
boards has one entry.


Best regards,
Krzysztof