Re: [PATCH wireless v2] wifi: rework MAINTAINERS entries a bit

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 09:45 -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 3/26/2025 8:55 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 08:49 -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> > > 
> > > This patch has the unfortunate side-effect that get_maintainer.pl (and b4) no
> > > longer add linux-wireless to ath* patches, and hence they no longer show up in
> > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/.
> > > 
> > 
> > Oops. I _wanted_ that entry to no longer match so I don't get CC'ed on
> > everything ... I guess we need to add L: entries to all the things I
> > X:'ed. I sort of thought that might be there anyway, but I see that's
> > not the case for everything ... below change perhaps?
> > 
> > johannes
> > 
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index d19627afa652..09bd9827f318 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -3655,11 +3655,11 @@ T:	git git://github.com/AlbanBedel/linux
> >  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/phy-ath79-usb.txt
> >  F:	drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-ath79-usb.c
> >  
> > -ATHEROS ATH GENERIC UTILITIES
> > +ATHEROS ATH WIRELESS UTILITIES AND DRIVERS
> >  M:	Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@kernel.org>
> >  L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> >  S:	Supported
> > -F:	drivers/net/wireless/ath/*
> > +F:	drivers/net/wireless/ath/
> 
> unfortunately the ath* specific entries will override so I think we need:

Hmm, really? Seems that if that were the case I wouldn't have been CC'ed
on every ath*k patch?

johannes