[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[Joe Perches]

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.

Add a section for those drivers.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
---
> In the future, you do not need to send drivers/net/usb/ patches to me,
> netdev and the linux-usb mailing lists should be sufficient.

I should have done this in the first patch.
Oh well...

 MAINTAINERS | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d83f70f..4af7539 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8656,6 +8656,11 @@ T:	git git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel.git
 S:	Maintained
 F:	sound/usb/midi.*
 
+USB NETWORKING DRIVERS
+L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
+S:	Odd Fixes
+F:	drivers/net/usb/
+
 USB OHCI DRIVER
 M:	Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[Greg KH]

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.
> 
> Add a section for those drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> ---
> > In the future, you do not need to send drivers/net/usb/ patches to me,
> > netdev and the linux-usb mailing lists should be sufficient.
> 
> I should have done this in the first patch.
> Oh well...
> 
>  MAINTAINERS | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index d83f70f..4af7539 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -8656,6 +8656,11 @@ T:	git git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel.git
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	sound/usb/midi.*
>  
> +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,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[Joe Perches]

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.

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.

These files are not marked as "Maintained", just
"Odd fixes".  I suppose these could be marked
"Orphan" instead.

You have a suggestion otherwise?

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[Greg KH]

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

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2013-08-02 at 11:30 +0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 01:09:55AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Lots of "maintainers" don't apply patches.
> I have no idea what you are meaning here.

Just that maintainers aren't necessarily appliers.
In fact, most aren't.

> Add netdev to the L: list as well.

I don't think it's necessary.
get_maintainers already shows that via the
NETWORKING DRIVERS section F: drivers/net/

Maybe adding
	W:	http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet
might be useful, but it seems pretty out of date.

btw: This is a similar section to what I suggested.
     No named "maintainer"

NETWORKING DRIVERS
L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
W:	http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net
Q:	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/
T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git
T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git
S:	Odd Fixes
F:	drivers/net/

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 08:50:10PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-08-02 at 11:30 +0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 01:09:55AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Lots of "maintainers" don't apply patches.
> > I have no idea what you are meaning here.
> 
> Just that maintainers aren't necessarily appliers.
> In fact, most aren't.
> 
> > Add netdev to the L: list as well.
> 
> I don't think it's necessary.
> get_maintainers already shows that via the
> NETWORKING DRIVERS section F: drivers/net/

Ah, I thought this entry would have overridden it, sorry about that.

Can you resend this so that I can apply it?

thanks,

greg k-h

[PATCH resend] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[Joe Perches]

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.

Add a section for those drivers.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
---
> In the future, you do not need to send drivers/net/usb/ patches to me,
> netdev and the linux-usb mailing lists should be sufficient.

I should have done this in the first patch.
Oh well...

 MAINTAINERS | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d83f70f..4af7539 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8656,6 +8656,11 @@ T:	git git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel.git
 S:	Maintained
 F:	sound/usb/midi.*
 
+USB NETWORKING DRIVERS
+L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
+S:	Odd Fixes
+F:	drivers/net/usb/
+
 USB OHCI DRIVER
 M:	Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
 L:	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org

Re: [PATCH resend] MAINTAINERS: Add separate section for USB NETWORKING DRIVERS

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 09:03:32PM -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.
> 
> Add a section for those drivers.

Thanks, I'll queue this up next week for the next round of patches to go
to Linus.

greg k-h