From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E81F3C636C8 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:50:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2081613CA for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:50:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S238541AbhGOTw7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:52:59 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42140 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S245039AbhGOTw1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:52:27 -0400 Received: from mail-pj1-x1033.google.com (mail-pj1-x1033.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1033]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 578C9C06A326 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:35:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pj1-x1033.google.com with SMTP id d9-20020a17090ae289b0290172f971883bso7216856pjz.1 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:35:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=intel-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=tWQzYFArmX7BK0KtHhu7qCMLH8EpJJltCicUZnmhozs=; b=x+X7r/05mLeYMY5IOOQXqOPlH4+7oeO79bZ5YPDJ++PHDQKt0r4FcvE/lkq15akq7B Ce5RF/y77x9dJasWX7jMdKXiDyCRNfCPc0xcdgmMO0nH9GJ8PcKjDkDCNNwh88V3I8q+ DVd8W4UyeBtFOTbd2yOFKy6XhIXfiUb4cjWvUYZNsBW6xRsYQlKKhDyHMQ8HR13L0zF5 yJn4825mzOpNHdMV2eZ72kAoCCdIieowUKQvUmzKFsCD1CehD3TdyOBZuq4PFKBRFYvE J7XyrEX7xMecHu4TmiRqBc6ToIEqTL1RABDWAcgFcJqtXWCwwkUwT8cTATLu+1RfuxFH zOzw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=tWQzYFArmX7BK0KtHhu7qCMLH8EpJJltCicUZnmhozs=; b=NZfiw6wDqn2pSinKYbnczU8iHSXe3e9x4UzelAGnM25587ZOUpJEiigiQzQZi+JR02 Sp/QQgFkA+NxE6XATMX76iLQaRWuYi3hEdJpsQVkCGmootBm0cL9CCRb79+QRFXjZkya 4XO51Zis8kSok1W73wo+erAUPA/CDunjRcS8RD3IfD6oN1PF6ysCHS3eC7h0ljajiVDO a9zn30NKhGAXNLH/zWiimYo43NFU7HPPc02loZwb+/mqY+w4TiX6Cw7/6S3f9Ji1XFwi DwliFJG00n6ENB3nrYw3AgvGqZFAhBko1QbwujmVrKznmt1TrxCNQ9xyW9V7o2qGITPm ZRAw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531ckFeE9NUAiFWEbmejVrMyyxoPR5zYpqxXwh9vf1IAgG4u4MWe MSs6tNzpuyKdRbj4Cmr61O12zu1gtmJ4lBHpK4osmw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwxNVyUFsXl8r6NxD+c6uWM8R2fmbcCrxfwX4wABHvVgCgyv6hXJdQx4qtT/3WKROCvcTTm94Gam5hqhrB02Do= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:8407:: with SMTP id j7mr11756922pjn.13.1626377708767; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:35:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210712220447.957418-1-iwona.winiarska@intel.com> <3b9cfe5f728c40c473a22070029c8790b452daf4.camel@intel.com> In-Reply-To: From: Dan Williams Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:34:58 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Introduce PECI subsystem To: "Winiarska, Iwona" Cc: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org" , "corbet@lwn.net" , "jae.hyun.yoo@linux.intel.com" , "Lutomirski, Andy" , "linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org" , "Luck, Tony" , "andrew@aj.id.au" , "mchehab@kernel.org" , "jdelvare@suse.com" , "mingo@redhat.com" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "linux@roeck-us.net" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-aspeed@lists.ozlabs.org" , "robh+dt@kernel.org" , "yazen.ghannam@amd.com" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "joel@jms.id.au" , "pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com" , "andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com" , "x86@kernel.org" , "bp@alien8.de" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 10:33 AM Winiarska, Iwona wrote: > > On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 16:51 +0000, Williams, Dan J wrote: > > On Tue, 2021-07-13 at 00:04 +0200, Iwona Winiarska wrote: > > > Note: All changes to arch/x86 are contained within patches 01-02. > > > > Hi Iwona, > > > > One meta question first, who is this submission "To:"? Is there an > > existing upstream maintainer path for OpenBMC changes? Are you > > expecting contributions to this subsystem from others? While Greg > > sometimes ends up as default maintainer for new stuff, I wonder if > > someone from the OpenBMC commnuity should step up to fill this role? > > > > The intention was to direct it to Greg, but I guess I didn't express > that through the mail headers. Usually something like a "Hey Greg, please consider applying..." in the cover letter lets people know who the upstream path is for the series. > I am expecting contributions - for example there is at least one other > major BMC vendor which also ships PECI controllers. You're expecting to take patches from them and you'll forward them to Greg, or they'll go to Greg directly? > > From my perspective, the pieces that make up a BMC are pretty loosely > connected (at least from the kernel perspective - scattered all over > the kernel tree), so I don't see how that would work in practice. No worries, Greg continues to scale more than other mere mortals for these kinds of things. I was more asking because it was not clear from these patches, nor MAINTAINERS, and it's healthy for Linux to grow new patch wranglers from time to time.