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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:41:04 +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:
> On Fri, Oct 04, 2024 at 06:27:38PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> Thanks, I missed that one. Perhaps it should have:
>
> * An F: entry in the MAC80211
> * An X: entry in the NETWORKING [GENERAL]
>
> If so, perhaps I can just add that to a v2 of this patch.
> Let me know what you think.
Like Johannes said, the cfg80211 entry is more approriate but otherwise
sounds like a good plan, thanks!
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