From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-15.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92226C4727E for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:10:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33310207C3 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:10:06 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1601467806; bh=wEaTNwm+t8iDeqGsvqHnQ7jAGgh0Ut3DrEatmmujGCE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:List-ID:From; b=uEBekWRzfTpWQwt1v5t//hfO3a+kIMXnJKhckNXNigyRg2ErqqqOs2pFIPSc9hIut GUT6gQ8AORouOt2sGlPVGk35wTGu398mRNA59K6XaqB5Ahy8IcrOjQvXwMBSlTVUGd +xoIDuTnKBTOmptBY12R/eaAMEnRybaHwCiqwFOk= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729688AbgI3MKF (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:10:05 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:40082 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729568AbgI3MKE (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:10:04 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-74-64.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.74.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B675B2076E; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:10:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1601467804; bh=wEaTNwm+t8iDeqGsvqHnQ7jAGgh0Ut3DrEatmmujGCE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:From; b=V8GLN8CS/2Jaedfn+tCa3zfkFonmLsaPvOxaIzYPItZTA2M0SzQxB5kufZnNTuyMn TIIQHdRcd1F8nkPEypvSDx3r7SpclfmRpIoOWProCmyI/zt9RXeokpA2+pVWJxY/Qk XAFEjwDqGeEVJItUH7mH+q9QTC8TgvJu6GFZUWVA= Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:10:07 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Arnd Bergmann Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: exclude char maintainers from things they do not maintain Message-ID: <20200930121007.GA1615300@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org There are a number of subdirectories and files in drivers/char/ that have their own maintainers and developers and ways of getting patches to Linus. This includes random.c, IPMI, hardware random drivers, TPM drivers, and agp drivers. Instead of sending those patches to Arnd and myself, who can't do anything with them, send them to the proper developers instead. Cc: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index d6b9445649e5..a6f0a3ec0047 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -4101,6 +4101,11 @@ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git F: drivers/char/ F: drivers/misc/ F: include/linux/miscdevice.h +X: drivers/char/agp/ +X: drivers/char/hw_random/ +X: drivers/char/ipmi/ +X: drivers/char/random.c +X: drivers/char/tpm/ CHECKPATCH M: Andy Whitcroft