Re: [PATCH 04/13] RTC subsystem, class

Adrian Bunk
2006-03-04T17:53:51Z

On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:46:11PM +0100, Alessandro Zummo wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:08:10 +0100
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
>
> > > +REAL TIME CLOCK (RTC) SUBSYSTEM
> > > +P: Alessandro Zummo
> > > +M: a.zummo@towertech.it
> > > +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > > +S: Maintained
> > > +
> > >...
> >
> > The entry above the one you are adding is:
> >
> > REAL TIME CLOCK DRIVER
> > P: Paul Gortmaker
> > M: p_gortmaker@yahoo.com
> > L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > S: Maintained
> >
> >
> > Two entries for the same thing only cause confusion.
>
> It is not the same thing. Paul's one is the standard rtc
> driver, which has not yet replaced by the rtc class.

My wording wasn't good:
Two entries that sound as if they were for the same thing only cause
confusion.

The problem is that MAINTAINERS is written for people sending patches or
bug reports and the difference between these two entries is very subtle.

> Best regards,
> Alessandro Zummo,

cu
Adrian

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