[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for DHCOM i.MX8M Plus SoMs and boards

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Wed Jan 18 04:38:09 PST 2023


On 18/01/2023 13:35, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 1/18/23 12:37, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 17/01/2023 23:38, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>> Add maintainers entry for DH electronics DHCOM i.MX8M Plus
>>> based SoMs and boards.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>>> ---
>>> Cc: Christoph Niedermaier <cniedermaier at dh-electronics.com>
>>> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt at linaro.org>
>>> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>>> Cc: NXP Linux Team <linux-imx at nxp.com>
>>> Cc: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
>>> Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel at pengutronix.de>
>>> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt at kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
>>> Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo at kernel.org>
>>> Cc: devicetree at vger.kernel.org
>>> To: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
>>> ---
>>>   MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index d0a36e45aa4be..e9be585d507e9 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -5968,6 +5968,12 @@ S:	Maintained
>>>   F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6*-dhcom-*
>>>   F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6*-dhcor-*
>>>   
>>> +DH ELECTRONICS IMX8M PLUS DHCOM BOARD SUPPORT
>>> +M:	Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>>> +L:	kernel at dh-electronics.com
>>> +S:	Maintained
>>> +F:	arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp*-dhcom-*
>>
>> We do not keep maintainer per board. The idea was to use in-board
>> emails, but the patch doing that was not accepted. But regardless -
>> entries per board in maintainers is crazy amount of new entries. Way too
>> many.
> 
> What would you propose I should do here to get a valid entry for this 
> machine ?

There can be no entry for the machine because we do not keep entries for
machines. Just look at MAINTAINERS file.

If anyone thinks per-board maintainership is useful, should revive patch:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210809080204.8381-1-shawnguo@kernel.org/

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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