linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for TM16xx driver

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VcDDCjt4vTpnSCprfAzK+czJiB_PRDXuLkvtuHZg4SLEw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:33:42 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc: Jean-François Lessard <jefflessard3@...il.com>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>, 
	Boris Gjenero <boris.gjenero@...il.com>, Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@...il.com>, 
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, Paolo Sabatino <paolo.sabatino@...il.com>, 
	Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for TM16xx driver

On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:29:47PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:08:06PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM Jean-François Lessard
> > > > <jefflessard3@...il.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Besides the missing commit message, the main part of this patch should
> > > > be merged with the patch 2 where the YAML file is being added.
> > > > Otherwise it will be a dangling file. I dunno if DT tooling has its
> > > > own concept of a maintainer database, though.
> > >
> > > get_maintainer.pl will pull the maintainer out of the file, so it won't be
> > > truly dangling without a way to associate Jean-François with this file, if
> > > that;s what you mean.
> >
> > Let's assume patch 2 is applied and patch 4 is not, what will be the
> > result of get_maintainer.pl for the YAML file?
>
> Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org> (maintainer:AUXILIARY DISPLAY DRIVERS)
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> (reviewer:AUXILIARY DISPLAY DRIVERS)
> Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> "Jean-François Lessard" <jefflessard3@...il.com> (commit_signer:1/1=100%,authored:1/1=100%,added_lines:471/471=100%,in file)
>                                                                                                                     ^^^^^^^

Which is a git lookup heuristics. If you disable that, there is no
maintainer for the file. Try with --m and --no-git (IIRC the option
name).

> devicetree@...r.kernel.org (open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
> AUXILIARY DISPLAY DRIVERS status: Odd Fixes


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko