From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752420AbbC1V30 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Mar 2015 17:29:26 -0400 Received: from down.free-electrons.com ([37.187.137.238]:60270 "EHLO mail.free-electrons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751882AbbC1V3W (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Mar 2015 17:29:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 22:29:20 +0100 From: Alexandre Belloni To: Alessandro Zummo Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Alexandre Belloni as an RTC maintainer Message-ID: <20150328212920.GG4021@piout.net> References: <1427320651-21356-1-git-send-email-alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> <20150325235809.22f1c441@linux.lan.towertech.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150325235809.22f1c441@linux.lan.towertech.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Alessandro, On 25/03/2015 at 23:58:09 +0100, Alessandro Zummo wrote : > A few things I consider important: > > - a driver for a new hardware usually causes no harm to the subsystem > > - a patch for an existing driver should be approved by the original author, > if possible. there are a few chips out there that are quite rare or > have multiple wiring configuration and break very easily. > I'll keep that in mind. Could you give me permissions on the rtc-linux patchwork? thanks! -- Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com