Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Replace Shawn with Frank as i.MX platform maintainer

[Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>]

Cc Frank

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 10:20:47PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> Shawn is no longer interested in maintaining i.MX platform, and would like
> to step down.  On the other hand, Frank seems to be the best successor
> for this role.
> 
>  - He has been one of the most outstanding contributors to i.MX platform
>    in the recent years.
> 
>  - He has been actively working as a co-maintainer reviewing i.MX
>    patches and keep the platform support in good shape.
> 
>  - He works for NXP and could be the bridge and coordinator between
>    NXP internal developers and community contributors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 5b11839cba9d..a294b4e952a9 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -2745,14 +2745,14 @@ F:	arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/dec21285.h
>  F:	arch/arm/mach-footbridge/
>  
>  ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE
> -M:	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> +M:	Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
>  M:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
>  R:	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>
>  R:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
>  L:	imx@lists.linux.dev
>  L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
>  S:	Maintained
> -T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shawnguo/linux.git
> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frank.li/linux.git
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/fsl*
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/nxp*
>  F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/
> @@ -2767,22 +2767,22 @@ N:	mxs
>  N:	\bmxc[^\d]
>  
>  ARM/FREESCALE LAYERSCAPE ARM ARCHITECTURE
> -M:	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> +M:	Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
>  L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
>  S:	Maintained
> -T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shawnguo/linux.git
> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frank.li/linux.git
>  F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/ls/
>  F:	arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-*
>  F:	arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/qoriq-*
>  
>  ARM/FREESCALE VYBRID ARM ARCHITECTURE
> -M:	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> +M:	Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
>  M:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
>  R:	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>
>  R:	Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>
>  L:	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
>  S:	Maintained
> -T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shawnguo/linux.git
> +T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frank.li/linux.git
>  F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/vf/
>  F:	arch/arm/mach-imx/*vf610*
>  
> @@ -20562,7 +20562,7 @@ F:	drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-amd.c
>  PIN CONTROLLER - FREESCALE
>  M:	Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@nxp.com>
>  M:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
> -M:	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> +M:	Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
>  M:	Jacky Bai <ping.bai@nxp.com>
>  R:	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>
>  R:	NXP S32 Linux Team <s32@nxp.com>
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>