From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756225AbaFRXpg (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:45:36 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:43206 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753506AbaFRXpf (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:45:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:49:34 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Joe Perches Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pv-drivers@vmware.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add entry for VMware Balloon driver Message-ID: <20140618234934.GA9378@kroah.com> References: <1403132941-1394-1-git-send-email-dtor@vmware.com> <20140618231742.GB7234@kroah.com> <4389061.FeVMqoJiMc@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> <1403134100.14018.8.camel@joe-AO725> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1403134100.14018.8.camel@joe-AO725> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:28:20PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 16:19 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 04:17:42 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:09:01PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov > > > > --- > > > > > > > > MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++ > > > > drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 2 +- > > > > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > > > index 6c484ac..3a446e8 100644 > > > > --- a/MAINTAINERS > > > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > > > @@ -9645,6 +9645,12 @@ L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org > > > > > > > > S: Supported > > > > F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c > > > > > > > > +VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER > > > > +M: "VMware, Inc." > > > > +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > > +S: Maintained > > > > +F: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c > > > > > > I really hate having a "alias" as a maintainer, and not a "real" name. > > > Kernel development is done by individuals, we don't have companies as > > > authors or signed-off-by lines, we have developers. > > > > > > So I will not accept this, sorry. Please find a real person who is > > > willing to maintain this code, or just mark it unsupported. > > > > > > > OK, fair enough, we'll find a real name to attach here. > > It's definitely better to have a person's name there but > there are many company exploders/aliases in MAINTAINERS. > > There already is a pv-drivers@vmware.com too. > > MAINTAINERS:M: Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions > MAINTAINERS:M: dm-devel@redhat.com > MAINTAINERS:M: Intel Linux Wireless > MAINTAINERS:M: Intel SCU Linux support > MAINTAINERS:M: iscsi-driver@qlogic.com > MAINTAINERS:M: linux-driver@qlogic.com > MAINTAINERS:M: Linux NICS > MAINTAINERS:M: linux-wimax@intel.com > MAINTAINERS:M: qla2xxx-upstream@qlogic.com > MAINTAINERS:M: Solarflare linux maintainers > MAINTAINERS:M: support@lsi.com > MAINTAINERS:M: Support Opensource > MAINTAINERS:M: "VMware, Inc." Yeah, and in every case I've ever had to deal with one, it's never worked. People are maintainers, not email aliases. greg k-h