netdev - Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: I don't want to review Renesas Ethernet Switch driver

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Message-ID: <8f9b5376-647a-7b59-886c-142990b8c9e4@omp.ru>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 23:47:15 +0300
From: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>, Yoshihiro
 Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] MAINTAINERS: I don't want to review Renesas Ethernet
 Switch driver

On 1/4/24 12:28 AM, Simon Horman wrote:
[...]
>> I don't know this hardware, I don't have the manuals for it, so I can't
>> provide a good review.  Let's exclude the Ethernet Switch related files.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
> 
> Hi Sergey,

  Hi Simon, long time, no see... :-)

> I don't know the back story to this, if there is one.

   Not much of a history: I got a lot of the rswitch patches in my
inbox and I mostly ignored them... but kept deferring this patch due
to a high load with fixing Svace's reports at work...

> But could I suggest that:
> 
> 1. The patch also updates the title MAINTAINERS section to cover the
>    remaining two drivers.
> 
>    e.g.: RENESAS ETHERNET DRIVERS ->
>          RENESAS ETHERNET AVB AND SUPERH ETHERNET DRIVERS
> 
>    Or alternatively, create separate sections for each driver.

   Yeah, this 2nd option seems cleaner. Still not sure about Kconfig/
Makefile though...

>    n.b.: This may involve moving sections to maintain alphabetical order
>          by section title
> 
> 2. Reaching out to Shimoda-san (CCed) or other relevant parties
>    to see if an appropriate maintainer or maintainers for the
>    Renesas Ethernet Switch driver can be found.
> 
>    n.b.: It may still be a holiday period in Japan for the rest of the week.

   It's a holiday period here in Russia as well, till the 8th of Jaunary. :-)

> 3. Rephrase the subject and patch description as splitting out maintenance of
>    the Renesas Ethernet Switch driver .

[...]

MBR, Sergey