From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753766AbYI3VHd (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:07:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752278AbYI3VHY (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:07:24 -0400 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.27]:9259 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751813AbYI3VHY (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:07:24 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E276ysJTOTM5WHN/PK7sgs2ULLmgwiO8OAo5scN5lCCkbytS1bAsyAvxedPAbMx35W ITkMbkRCIyT1mZhZAf5FelwcXPAOpcQEOcIX8dg+O+ojA2uvYYPjQoSb+RLAz5e5NuHz hcGNGkq0m/7eejcXXUPbn02jFymH25Ytx9ZG0= Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:06:44 +0200 From: Kristoffer Ericson To: Jiri Kosina Cc: Rodolfo Giometti , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alessandro Rubini , Alessandro Rubini Subject: Re: About the maintainer of "MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES" Message-Id: <20080930230644.107e6428.kristoffer.ericson@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20080930153708.GX18732@tekkaman> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:55:40 +0200 (CEST) Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Rodolfo Giometti wrote: > > > I just wrote to Alessandro in order to have some suggestions about a > > misc device I wish to propose to this list, but he told me that he wants > > leave his maintanership. > > So which is the person should I send my requests about misc devices? > > He also asked to me to propose to this list a "patch" to remove him > > from the MAINTANERS file... if so the new entry should be: > > MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES [GENERAL] > > L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > S: Maintained > > I in fact never understood what this maintainers entry meant ... what is > the device in question here? I thought mouse was a part of linux-input? Or am I missing something? Besides that misc thingie is really creepy, makes me feel Ive missed something. > > Anyway, something for Andrew > > > > From: Jiri Kosina > Subject: [PATCH] remove "Mouse and Misc devices" from MAINTAINERS > > remove "Mouse and Misc devices" from MAINTAINERS > > Alessandro himself claims that he gives up maintainership, and to be > frank, I don't have a clue what this entry is about. > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina > > --- > > MAINTAINERS | 6 ------ > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index 3596d17..3d9635f 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -2818,12 +2818,6 @@ M: ppisa@pikron.com > L: linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk (subscribers-only) > S: Maintained > > -MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES [GENERAL] > -P: Alessandro Rubini > -M: rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it > -L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > -S: Maintained > - > MOXA SMARTIO/INDUSTIO/INTELLIO SERIAL CARD > P: Jiri Slaby > M: jirislaby@gmail.com > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Kristoffer Ericson