Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] drivers/hwmon/coretemp: Remove warnings of unused variables

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:30:10 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi Jean,
> 
> On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 08:39:11AM -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > Hi Guenter,
> > 
> > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:51:24 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 05:26:55PM -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:04:06 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > > > Hi Jean,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Are you overall hwmon maintainer now?  That job is currently listed as
> > > > > Orphan in the MAINTAINERS file.
> > > > 
> > > > MAINTAINERS is correct. I do not have the time, nor the will, to be the
> > > > single official maintainer of the hwmon subsystem. I would be happy to
> > > > be a co-maintainer, but nobody stepped in to co-maintain with me.
> > >
> > > I can step in if needed. I don't want to step on anyone's feet, though,
> > > and I would not want to be the sole maintainer, at least not yet - I just
> > > don't know the code well enough.
> > 
> > Please don't say this lightly. This is a very serious matter :p
> > 
> > Do you realize how much work this represents? Are you ready to take the
> > load for a long period of time?
> > 
> I would not propose it if I didnt take it seriously.
> 
> > If you are aware that being a subsystem (co-)maintainer can take
> > several hours per week, and are ready to spend that much time on it for
> > at least 6 months, then please let me know if you would be OK with the
> > following:
> > 
> > --- linux-2.6.36-rc3.orig/MAINTAINERS	2010-08-30 08:21:58.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.6.36-rc3/MAINTAINERS	2010-09-04 14:38:43.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -2641,9 +2641,11 @@ S:	Maintained
> >  F:	drivers/media/video/gspca/
> >  
> >  HARDWARE MONITORING
> > +M:	Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
> > +M:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> >  L:	lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
> >  W:	http://www.lm-sensors.org/
> > -S:	Orphan
> > +S:	Maintained
> >  F:	Documentation/hwmon/
> >  F:	drivers/hwmon/
> >  F:	include/linux/hwmon*.h
> > 
> Yes.
> 
> > I am not working with you for such a long time, but collaboration went
> > just fine from my perspective, so I would be very happy to co-maintain
> > the hwmon subsystem with you.
> > 
> Same here.

Wonderful. I'll commit the above patch upstream soon.

-- 
Jean Delvare