From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754533Ab0AZOii (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:38:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754439Ab0AZOih (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:38:37 -0500 Received: from aeryn.fluff.org.uk ([87.194.8.8]:52969 "EHLO kira.home.fluff.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751972Ab0AZOih (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:38:37 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:38:30 +0000 From: Ben Dooks To: Jean Delvare Cc: Uwe Kleine-K??nig , linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ben Dooks Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add i2c tree for embedded platforms Message-ID: <20100126143830.GC12774@fluff.org.uk> References: <1264411234-5400-1-git-send-email-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> <20100125111055.05ccedf2@hyperion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100125111055.05ccedf2@hyperion.delvare> X-Disclaimer: These are my own opinions, so there! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:10:55AM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:20:34 +0100, Uwe Kleine-K??nig wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K??nig > > Cc: Ben Dooks > > --- > > Hello, > > > > I wonder if it makes sence to split the "I2C SUBSYSTEM" entry into > > something like: > > > > I2C SUBSYSTEM (PC drivers, core) > > M: Jean Delvare > > L: ... > > W: ... > > T: quilt ... > > S: ... > > F: Documentation/i2c/ > > F: drivers/i2c/ > > F: include/linux/i2c.h > > F: include/linux/i2c-*.h > > > > I2C SUBSYSTEM (embedded platforms) > > M: Ben Dooks > > L: ... > > W: ... > > T: git ... > > S: ... > > F: drivers/i2c/ > > F: include/linux/i2c-*.h > > > > (I'm not entirely sure about the file patterns for the 2nd entry.) > > I'm not sure what value it adds, compared to having a single entry as > we have today. scripts/get_maintainer.pl will produce the same output, > won't it? > > This script (and our minds) being directory-driven, I suspect that the > only efficient way to split the entries would be to first move all i2c bus > driver for embedded platforms to a separate subdirectory. I'm leaving > it to Ben and the embedded community to decide whether they want to do > that or not. I'd much prefer to see just the one directory of i2c drivers, the minor point being people silly enough to load modules by explicit path and the second is that having all the drivers in one place makes it easier to update them when changing something in the core... > > > > Best regards > > Uwe > > > > MAINTAINERS | 1 + > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > index 1858646..a1813fd 100644 > > --- a/MAINTAINERS > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > @@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@ M: "Ben Dooks (embedded platforms)" > > L: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org > > W: http://i2c.wiki.kernel.org/ > > T: quilt kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jdelvare/linux-2.6/jdelvare-i2c/ > > +T: git git://git.fluff.org/bjdooks/linux.git > > S: Maintained > > F: Documentation/i2c/ > > F: drivers/i2c/ > > Yes, please! > > Acked-by: Jean Delvare > > -- > Jean Delvare > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Ben (ben@fluff.org, http://www.fluff.org/) 'a smiley only costs 4 bytes'