Re: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: realtek: MAINTAINERS: Include pin controller drivers

Yu-Chun Lin
2026-04-13T13:58:02Z

> On 13/04/2026 11:23, Yu-Chun Lin [林祐君] wrote:
>>> No dedicated maintainers are shown for Realtek SoC pin controllers, except
>>> pinctrl subsystem maintainer, which means reduced review and impression of
>>> abandoned drivers. Pin controller drivers are essential part of an SoC, so in
>>> case of lack of dedicated entry at least cover it by the SoC platform
>>> maintainers.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> This patch should go via Realtek SoC maintainers, not pinctrl.
>>> ---
>>> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index 10d12b51b1f6..374ce55e4fb6 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -3373,6 +3373,7 @@ F:
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/realtek.yaml
>>> F: arch/arm/boot/dts/realtek/
>>> F: arch/arm/mach-realtek/
>>> F: arch/arm64/boot/dts/realtek/
>>> +F: drivers/pinctrl/realtek/
>>>
>>> ARM/RISC-V/RENESAS ARCHITECTURE
>>> M: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 2.51.0
>>
>> Acked-by: Yu-Chun Lin <eleanor.lin@realtek.com>
>
> So James will pick it up?
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof

Sorry for the confusion. I'll pick up this patch and include it in a series
along with the maintainer updates and other DTS changes. I plan to submit
the series to soc@ during the v7.1-rc1 to v7.1-rc5 window.

Best regards,
Yu-Chun