From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2174EC7EE2F for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2023 19:44:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4PSz2630f2z3f5K for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2023 06:44:30 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=none (no SPF record) smtp.mailfrom=buserror.net (client-ip=165.227.176.147; helo=baldur.buserror.net; envelope-from=oss@buserror.net; receiver=) Received: from baldur.buserror.net (baldur.buserror.net [165.227.176.147]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4PSz1R4Zpkz3cdM for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2023 06:43:55 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from [2601:447:c680:c050::eaf6] by baldur.buserror.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1pYBHZ-00682Y-Lv; Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:41:34 -0600 Message-ID: <2a48667f70276ad7097e898d439dea6a9c0b414b.camel@buserror.net> From: Crystal Wood To: Arnd Bergmann , Paul Gortmaker , Christophe Leroy Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:41:31 -0600 In-Reply-To: <3efa1e29-3be9-4047-beef-eb02762ae8db@app.fastmail.com> References: <20230220115913.25811-1-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <1b9d4d586ae7bb5cddbb97fbc9ec7de1c475afee.camel@infinera.com> <83565b97-8149-492e-8f22-e3722e659b98@app.fastmail.com> <3efa1e29-3be9-4047-beef-eb02762ae8db@app.fastmail.com> Organization: Red Hat Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.44.4-0ubuntu1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2601:447:c680:c050::eaf6 X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: arnd@arndb.de, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu, leoyang.li@nxp.com, claudiu.manoil@nxp.com, paulus@samba.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: oss@buserror.net Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Remove some e300/MPC83xx evaluation platforms X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:57:42 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on baldur.buserror.net) X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , Claudiu Manoil , Paul Mackerras , Leo Li Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Fri, 2023-03-03 at 10:14 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Fri, Mar 3, 2023, at 02:04, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > 01/03/2023 (Wed 14:23) Christophe Leroy wrote: > > > Le 28/02/2023 ?? 18:51, Arnd Bergmann a ??crit??: > > > Hope it clarifies how those reference boards are used. > >=20 > > It was really useful input and gave an insight into how things get used= . > >=20 > > But let me put a slightly different slant on things.=C2=A0 If there is = no > > maintainer for the platform/architecture/CPU, then where is the > > obligation for mainline to keep it up to date just for your company to > > use the code/BSP as a reference? > >=20 > > Do they continue to do this for one more year, or three or ...=C2=A0 ??= ? > > Does someone list themselves in MAINTAINERS for arch/powerpc/83xx ? > ... > >=20 > > If you see change 0123abcdef breaks boot on your platform, you have a > > legit voice to gripe about it right then and there.=C2=A0 Don't wait!!! >=20 > I think the answer here is that Christophe is already the only person > that does this, so he is the de-facto maintainer for ppc32 regardless > of whether he wants himself listed in the file or not: >=20 > $ git log --no-merges --format=3D"%an" v5.0.. arch/powerpc/platforms/[458= e]* | > sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | grep -vw 1 > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 61 Christophe Leroy > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 12 Michael Ellerman > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 11 Thomas Gleixner > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 11 Oliver O'Halloran > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 11 Liang He > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 7 Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 6 Nick Child > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 4 Rasmus Villemoes > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 4 Randy Dunlap > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 4 Mike Rapoport > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 4 Julia Lawall > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 4 Andy Shevchenko > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 3 Xiaoming Ni > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 3 Nicholas Piggin > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 3 Marc Zyngier > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 3 Christophe JAILLET > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 3 Christoph Hellwig > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 2 Paul Gortmaker > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 2 Mathieu Malaterre > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 2 Markus Elfring > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 2 Jordan Niethe > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 2 Dmitry Torokhov > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 2 Arnd Bergmann >=20 > Pretty much everyone else on the list above only did treewide > cleanups, dead code removal or compile-time fixes, while Christophe > is the one that fixed machine specific bugs and added new features. Speaking of that, I'd be fine with Christophe replacing me in the "LINUX FO= R POWERPC EMBEDDED PPC83XX AND PPC85XX" entry, given that he's been way more involved than me lately. -Crystal