RE: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Samsung Exynos850 SoC

["Alim Akhtar" <alim.akhtar@samsung.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2024 8:47 PM
> To: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org>
> Cc: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@samsung.com>; Peter Griffin
> <peter.griffin@linaro.org>; linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; linux-
> samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Chanwoo Choi
> <cw00.choi@samsung.com>; Marek Szyprowski
> <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>; Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@linaro.org>;
> Jaewon Kim <jaewon02.kim@samsung.com>; Mateusz Majewski
> <m.majewski2@samsung.com>; Henrik Grimler <henrik@grimler.se>; David
> Virag <virag.david003@gmail.com>; Artur Weber <aweber.kernel@gmail.com>;
> Raymond Hackley <raymondhackley@protonmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Samsung Exynos850 SoC
> 
> On 30/01/2024 08:29, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > On 29/01/2024 21:47, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> >> Add maintainers entry for the Samsung Exynos850 SoC based platforms.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org>
> >> ---
> >>  MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index
> >> 939f6dd0ef6a..77c10cc669f8 100644
> >> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> >> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> >> @@ -19281,6 +19281,16 @@ B:	mailto:linux-samsung-
> soc@vger.kernel.org
> >>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/samsung*
> >>  F:	sound/soc/samsung/
> >>
> >> +SAMSUNG EXYNOS850 SoC SUPPORT
> >> +M:	Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org>
> >> +L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> >> +L:	linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org
> >
> > Sorry, but I am still against individual SoC entries in maintainers,
> > like I replied multiple times and pointed to the updated
> > get_maintainers.pl script to fetch emails from boards.
> 
> I retract my earlier statement.
> 
> Some background: I was really hoping that scripts/get_maintainers.pl patch,
> which adds fetching emails from files (e.g. DTS), will be picked up, but it has
> been few years, few resends and there is no conclusion. I don't think it will be
> ever merged, thus this email.
> 
> Since C files do not have in-file "maintainer" entry and particular drivers have
> MAINTAINERS-file entries, then why DTS should be different?
> 
Not sure what was the discussion in past, do you think this need some discussion in LPC? 

> I'll take the patch after merge window.
> 
> +Cc few other folks,
> 
> I understand that with lei/lore filters one can easily track patches sent for
> particular boards or SoCs, but being listed in MAINTAINERS have a bit bigger
> meaning. Therefore if any of you consider / want to add themself to
> MAINTAINERS for particular DTS, then go ahead. By DTS I
> mean: particular boards (e.g. Galaxy Tab 3 family) or particular SoC (e.g.
> Exynos850 like here).
> 
Actually it is being confusing. Completely agreed that  "MAINTAINERS have a bit bigger".
By adding each DTS/SoC/Board MAINTAINERS entry, are those members expected to send pull requests?
If so, that leads to more confusion and overhead. 


> Best regards,
> Krzysztof