Re: [PATCHv7 2/3] docs: media: document Media Maintainers

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 09:24:26AM -0500, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> Le mardi 27 janvier 2026 à 11:53 +0100, Hans Verkuil a écrit :
> > Document who the Media Maintainers are and what their
> > responsibilities are.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  .../media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst        | 47 +++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
> > index be4728b97759..4f73ee073860 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
> > @@ -346,13 +346,54 @@ With the pull request workflow, pull requests shall use PGP-signed tags.
> >  For more details about PGP signing, please read
> >  Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst.
> >  
> > -Subsystem Media Maintainers
> > ----------------------------
> > +List of Media Maintainers
> > +-------------------------
> >  
> > -The subsystem maintainers are:
> > +The Media Maintainers listed here all have patchwork access and can
> > +make Pull Requests or have commit rights.
> > +
> > +The Media Subsystem Maintainers are:
> >    - Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
> >    - Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@kernel.org>
> >  
> > +The Media Core Maintainers are:
> > +  - Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
> > +
> > +    - ISP
> > +    - sensor drivers
> > +    - v4l2-async and v4l2-fwnode core frameworks
> > +    - v4l2-flash-led-class core framework
> > +
> > +  - Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
> > +
> > +    - DVB
> > +
> > +  - Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> > +
> > +    - Media controller drivers
> > +    - Core media controller framework

You could list me for ISPs as well, Sakari and I handle the together.

I'm not alone there of course, it's a team effort and Dan and Jacopo are
also active in developing and reviewing multiple ISP drivers. Not that
we necessarily want to list them in this document (and I don't know if
they would be interested), but I want publicly credit them in this mail
for the work they do.

> > +
> > +  - Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@kernel.org>
> > +
> > +    - V4L2 drivers
> > +    - V4L2 and videobuf2 core frameworks
> > +    - HDMI CEC drivers
> > +    - HDMI CEC core framework
> > +
> > +  - Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
> > +
> > +    - Remote Controller (infrared) drivers
> > +    - Remote Controller (infrared) core framework
> > +
> > +The Media Driver Maintainers responsible for specific areas are:
> > +  - Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> > +
> > +    - Codec drivers
> 
> I also took care of M2M color converters lately, while trying to delegate when
> it makes sense (such as DWL100 delegated to Laurent). So we may (or may not)
> add:
> 
>        - M2M driver not otherwise delegated
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@collabora.com>
> 
> > +
> > +  - Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>
> > +
> > +    - Qualcomm drivers
> > +
> >  Submit Checklist Addendum
> >  -------------------------
> >  

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart