[PATCH v3] Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbook

Conor Dooley conor at kernel.org
Sat Jun 17 11:32:04 PDT 2023


Hey Arnd,

On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 12:23:26PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023, at 10:27, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > Arnd suggested that adding a maintainer handbook for the SoC "subsystem"
> > would be helpful in trying to bring on board maintainers for the various
> > new platforms cropping up in RISC-V land.
> >
> > Add a document briefly describing the role of the SoC subsystem and some
> > basic advice for (new) platform maintainers.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> > Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v3:
> > - sort out a rake of spelling/grammar bits spotted by Randy, apart from
> >   the one noted as a suggestion
> > - drop the refs for document filepaths
> 
> Thanks, I've applied this in the soc/newsoc branch of the soc tree
> now, which is where I'm already queuing new platforms.

Having cited this document for the first time, it came to mind that I
never mentioned putting the submaintainer trees into linux-next. Should
I send a follow-up patch for that, or do you think that that isn't
needed?

Cheers,
Conor.
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