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Message-ID: <21f5acb9-c011-478b-b1a2-601d748dc88f@amd.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:23:21 -0700
From: Brett Creeley <bcreeley@....com>
To: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: brett.creeley@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Shannon Nelson from MAINTAINERS file

On 6/16/2025 3:44 PM, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> Brett Creeley is taking ownership of AMD/Pensando drivers while I wander
> off into the sunset with my retirement this month.  I'll still keep an
> eye out on a few topics for awhile, and maybe do some free-lance work in
> the future.
> 
> Meanwhile, thank you all for the fun and support and the many learning
> opportunities :-).
> 
> Special thanks go to DaveM for merging my first patch long ago, the big
> ionic patchset a few years ago, and my last patchset last week.

Shannon,

Congrats on a well earned/deserved milestone. I wish you all the best in 
wandering off into the sunset. Your guidance over the years has been 
invaluable and I hope to continue maintaining our drivers with a 
fraction of the patience and grace you have shown.

I know I already signed off, but I figured it makes sense to do it here 
as well...

Signed-off-by: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>

Thanks,

Brett
> 
> Cheers,
> sln
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
> ---
>   MAINTAINERS | 5 +----
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 99fbde007792..437381aeaa71 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1157,7 +1157,6 @@ F:	arch/x86/include/asm/amd/node.h
>   F:	arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
>   
>   AMD PDS CORE DRIVER
> -M:	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
>   M:	Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
>   L:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
>   S:	Maintained
> @@ -9941,7 +9940,6 @@ F:	drivers/fwctl/mlx5/
>   
>   FWCTL PDS DRIVER
>   M:	Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
> -R:	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
>   L:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>   S:	Maintained
>   F:	drivers/fwctl/pds/
> @@ -19377,7 +19375,7 @@ F:	crypto/pcrypt.c
>   F:	include/crypto/pcrypt.h
>   
>   PDS DSC VIRTIO DATA PATH ACCELERATOR
> -R:	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
> +R:	Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
>   F:	drivers/vdpa/pds/
>   
>   PECI HARDWARE MONITORING DRIVERS
> @@ -19399,7 +19397,6 @@ F:	include/linux/peci-cpu.h
>   F:	include/linux/peci.h
>   
>   PENSANDO ETHERNET DRIVERS
> -M:	Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>
>   M:	Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
>   L:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
>   S:	Maintained