Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbook

Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-06-17T20:30:02Z

On 17/06/2023 20:32, Conor Dooley wrote:
> Hey Arnd,
>
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 12:23:26PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023, at 10:27, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> Arnd suggested that adding a maintainer handbook for the SoC "subsystem"
>>> would be helpful in trying to bring on board maintainers for the various
>>> new platforms cropping up in RISC-V land.
>>>
>>> Add a document briefly describing the role of the SoC subsystem and some
>>> basic advice for (new) platform maintainers.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>>> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
>>> ---
>>> Changes in v3:
>>> - sort out a rake of spelling/grammar bits spotted by Randy, apart from
>>> the one noted as a suggestion
>>> - drop the refs for document filepaths
>>
>> Thanks, I've applied this in the soc/newsoc branch of the soc tree
>> now, which is where I'm already queuing new platforms.
>
> Having cited this document for the first time, it came to mind that I
> never mentioned putting the submaintainer trees into linux-next. Should
> I send a follow-up patch for that, or do you think that that isn't

This is common maintainer stuff, so every maintainer - not only SoC
related - should ensure his tree is in next. I would trim all such
common things from the document and store it somewhere else, because
otherwise people will just not read it.

Best regards,
Krzysztof