From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mika.westerberg@iki.fi (Mika Westerberg) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 22:50:52 +0300 Subject: [PATCH v2 1/5] ep93xx: set DMA masks for the ep93xx_eth In-Reply-To: References: <20110605083445.GT16318@ibawizard.net> <20110605085948.GB16018@acer> <20110605.140801.1144137337172959622.davem@davemloft.net> <20110606172607.GB3082@acer> Message-ID: <20110609195052.GB2857@acer> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org (corrected Ryan's email address, added Florian Fainelli) On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 12:48:19PM -0500, H Hartley Sweeten wrote: > On Monday, June 06, 2011 10:26 AM, Mika Westerberg wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 02:08:01PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > >> From: Mika Westerberg > >> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 11:59:48 +0300 > >> > >>> It looks like David Miller (CC'd) has been taking care of ep93xx_eth.c maybe > >>> he knows this better. > >> > >> Someone needs to step up and take over as the real maintainer of this > >> driver. The way the driver is currently being hacked on is > >> unsustainable. > > > > Can't agree more. > > > > Hartley, Ryan: do you have any preferences? Are you guys already overwhelmed > > with your current maintenance work, or could you consider taking this one as > > well? > > > > If no one else steps up, I can volunteer but I have to admit that I don't know > > much about that driver. > > I feel the same way. > > If Lennert is no longer maintaining the this driver we really need someone to > step up and handle it. > > I have no problem doing it but I really don't have a good grasp on the driver > or the whole network subsystem. > > If Lennert is willing to hand it over, I have no problem being listed as a > co-maintainer along with either yourself of Ryan. Between the two (or three) > of us we should be able to handle it. Hartley, Can you take maintainership of this driver? Since you already maintain most of the ep93xx core stuff I think that you are the right person for the job. If you need any assistance I believe me and Ryan can help you out. We have now few patches queued: - this series from me to fix the DMA API violations - phylib patches from Florian Fainelli It would be great to get those in someday :-)