Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: Enable HSR driver

["Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 06:43, Malladi, Meghana wrote:
> On 2/26/2025 5:36 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 26/02/2025 12: 54, Malladi, Meghana wrote: > Hi Krzysztof, > > On 
>> 2/26/2025 4: 18 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >> On 26/02/2025 11: 44, 
>> 
>> Yes, sure, but this defconfig change benefits and is sent for certain TI
>> upstream boards, so it is TI upstream maintainers field. It still fits
>> the "Submitting Patches for Given SoC" in SoC maintainer profile.
>> 
>
> Okay, I got your point now. So as long as this defconfig benefits TI 
> SoCs, it should be sent with maintainer profile. I will keep that in 
> mind for future patches as well. Thanks for clarifying this.

It's mainly for practical reasons: the patches I put into the soc
tree usually come from platform maintainers that I'm already working
with. They understand the process and I generally trust their
judgement of what should go into the kernel or not.

Individual contributors can still send patches to soc@lists.linux.dev
(formerly soc@kernel.org) and I will usually end up merging them, but
that means that the patch itself needs a more elaborate justification
for why it should be merged, and I end up spending a bit more time on
figuring out if I should take it.

      Arnd