From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757724Ab3HBD3S (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Aug 2013 23:29:18 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:60920 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753358Ab3HBD3R (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Aug 2013 23:29:17 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 11:30:33 +0800 From: Greg KH To: Joe Perches Cc: LKML , linux-usb Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS Message-ID: <20130802033033.GA2658@kroah.com> References: <1375316960686@kroah.org> <1375343328.2034.34.camel@joe-AO722> <20130801075656.GA8074@kroah.com> <1375344595.2034.38.camel@joe-AO722> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1375344595.2034.38.camel@joe-AO722> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 01:09:55AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Thu, 2013-08-01 at 15:56 +0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 12:48:48AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > > There are several drivers in drivers/net/usb/ that > > > do not have specific MAINTAINERS that should have > > > emails forwarded to the linux-usb mailing list. > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > [] > > > +USB NETWORKING DRIVERS > > > +L: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org > > > +S: Odd Fixes > > > +F: drivers/net/usb/ > > > > But netdev is the one that applies these patches, not linux-usb, so this > > isn't correct either. > > > > sorry, > > Lots of "maintainers" don't apply patches. I have no idea what you are meaning here. > This is simply a means to forward patches to > relevant lists that may have reviewers that care > about changes to certain files. > > You suggested that linux-usb should get copies > of these patches. Yes, they should, for review, but so should netdev. > These files are not marked as "Maintained", just > "Odd fixes". I suppose these could be marked > "Orphan" instead. > > You have a suggestion otherwise? Add netdev to the L: list as well. thanks, greg k-h