From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tony@atomide.com (Tony Lindgren) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:32:11 -0700 Subject: [RFCv3 0/7] OMAP SSI driver In-Reply-To: <20131010172128.GF28657@earth.universe> References: <1381091235-18293-1-git-send-email-sre@debian.org> <20131008172815.GA8313@atomide.com> <20131010172128.GF28657@earth.universe> Message-ID: <20131010173211.GH29913@atomide.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org * Sebastian Reichel [131010 10:30]: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:28:15AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > * Sebastian Reichel [131006 13:36]: > > > Here is the third round of the OMAP SSI driver patches. > > > > Thanks for updating these, they look good to me now: > > > > Acked-by: Tony Lindgren > > Ok. I guess it's time to check how this gets included in the kernel. > > The first patch has already been queued and the last patch could > probably go through Beno?t once the DT people have reviewed the > updated patches. The other ones would normally go through the > hsi tree, but that one was maintained by Carlos Chinea and is > now more or less orphaned. Yes, I suggest you post the .dts changes completely seprately so driver maintainers don't accidentally pick those up. > My suggestion is: > > 1. I create another patch, which adds entries for hsi subsystem and > ssi driver to MAINTAINERS. > > It would be nice to have some co-maintainers for the subsystem. > Linus Walleij maybe? I think you created the launchpad blueprint [1]? > Especially because I have no documentation/specification for HSI, which > brings me to my next slightly off topic request. > > I would like to have access to SSI documentation and HSI specification. > Can the guys from Texas Instruments please give me some pointers how I > can get access to the NDA'd documentation? I couldn't find any hints > on ti.com. > > 2. I create a patch adding Carlos Chinea to CREDITS > > 3. I create a git repository and put all of the patches in there, so > that they can be pulled into linux-next. > > 4. I add a gpg/pgp signed tag with the key used to signed this mail. > > Any issues with this or any other suggestions how to proceed? And if following this > - should I request an account on kernel.org to host the repository there, > or should I just upload it at a random place? That all sounds good to me. It is a *good thing* to have a maintainer for a driver subsystem, and if you're willing to pick it up, that's the way to go. Regards, Tony > [0] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/Next/Trees > [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/linux-linaro/+spec/hsi-subsystem-maint > > -- Sebastian