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From: Lionel Bouton <Lionel.Bouton@inet6.fr>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux-IDE <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sis5513 fix for SiS962 chipset
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:23:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4145672F.7060603@inet6.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200409111802.45628.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl>

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote the following on 09/11/2004 06:02 PM :

>>In fact I think I'm only a speed bumper here. There's so little work to 
>>do on the sis5513 driver now that I don't follow IDE work closely 
>>anymore and must refresh my memories even for such simple patches. I 
>>believe there are people around more fit than me for sis5513 maintenance.
>>    
>>
>
>I'm not aware of any such person...
>
>  
>

Vojtech seemed quite proficient at sis5513.c hacking :-)

>
>Dedicated maintainers are very useful even for legacy drivers.
>This way the subsystem maintainer doesn't have to worry about
>every fscking driver (less bugs, faster development). :-)
>
>  
>

Ok, if you think a dedicated maintainer is the way to go, I'll continue 
to review occasional patches. In fact I enjoy doing this from time to 
time, I was merely worried about not being the best fit for the job anymore.

Regards,

Lionel.

      reply	other threads:[~2004-09-13  9:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-10 14:29 [PATCH] sis5513 fix for SiS962 chipset Thomas Gleixner
2004-09-10 14:53 ` Lionel Bouton
2004-09-10 15:06   ` Thomas Gleixner
2004-09-10 15:31     ` Lionel Bouton
2004-09-10 15:32       ` Thomas Gleixner
2004-09-10 21:21       ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-09-11  7:11         ` Thomas Gleixner
2004-09-11 10:30         ` Lionel Bouton
2004-09-11 16:02           ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-09-13  9:23             ` Lionel Bouton [this message]

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