Re: [PATCH 1/3] connector: make callback argument type explicit

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:45:35 -0400 Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 13:15, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
> >>
> >> Your patches look good, thanks a lot.
> >> David, please apply to the appropriate tree.
> >
> > Applied to net-next-2.6, but I am being very generous.
> >
> > In the future please make sure netdev@vger.kernel.org receives all
> > networking patch postings so that they properly get tracked at:
> >
> > __ __ __ __http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/
> >
> > Otherwise they risk getting lost.
> 
> the fact that the connector code is maintained in the net tree is not
> mentioned anywhere that i can see.  it isnt in net/, it isnt in
> drivers/net/, and it isnt in MAINTAINERS.  that means anyone who
> wishes to submit patches has to basically guess where to send them.
> going by the default rules, that means the author (Evgeniy) and LKML.
> expecting people to magically divine net ownership with this driver is
> ridiculous.

y:/usr/src/git26> perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/connector/*.c
James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>                                         
Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Marc Dionne <marc.c.dionne@gmail.com>
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org


Major fail!

A MAINTAINERS record should fix that up.