Re: [RFC] Maintainer entry profile/contributor guide for IIO

[Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:03:26 +0100
Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@analog.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 04:51:24PM +0200, Joshua Crofts wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:28:24 +0100
> > Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@analog.com> wrote:  
> > > > I'd propose 2 documents:
> > > > - entry profile - documenting the review cycle, patchwork, point people over to
> > > >   Sashiko, relevant git tree etc.
> > > > - code style - the TODO is fine for existing problems in the subsystem but doesn't
> > > >   point out idioms we have in IIO, i.e. not using (the awful) kernel.h, preferring
> > > >   devm_* functions, not failing on a mismatched ID to ensure fallback etc. This is
> > > >   stuff that appears a lot in patches.    
> > > 
> > > Personally I do think we have some things (not just coding style)  that are very
> > > specific to IIO. But maybe another docs file is not the question. Or at least one
> > > for humans to read :)?! Have you evaluate just having an IIO entry for
> > > sashiko? That way, hopefully the bot would take care about the subsystem
> > > specifics and preferences.
> > > 
> > > I wanted to do this myself at some point but I'm always pulled for
> > > something else so if this is feels like something you agree and would
> > > like to get done, please go ahead :)
> > > 
> > > [1]: https://github.com/masoncl/review-prompts/tree/main/kernel/subsystem
> > > 
> > > My 2 cents!
> > > - Nuno Sá  
> > 
> > There was a thread about adding Sashiko reviews to IIO but it died out :(
> > I proposed adding an IIO-specific prompt. Any ideas on what it should contain?  
> 
> Not sure if I get the above. I already see sashiko doing reviews in IIO?
> What am I missing?
> 
> What I mean is adding specialized IIO preferences/tecnical details to it. And for that
> we need to add a new iio.md in [1] and a table entry in [2]. If I'm not
> missing anything.
> 
> Sashiko is using the review prompt repo.
> 

Yes, that is what I meant, adding iio.md (or something like that). I believe Sashiko
pulls prompts from here [1] (?).

[1] https://github.com/sashiko-dev/sashiko/blob/main/third_party/prompts/kernel/subsystem/hwmon.md

-- 
Kind regards,
Joshua Crofts