Re: [PATCH net-next] MAINTAINERS: b43 updates

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

On 06/24/2010 06:45 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 14:56 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
>> The primary arbitrator for patches to the subtle parts of b43 is Michael
>> Buesch; however, he is no longer an official MAINTAINER. I can ACK some
>> things; however, any changes that are associated with my reverse
>> engineering of the Broadcom drivers are off limits.
> 
> Add Stefano Brivio's name and email address to CREDITS
> Removed Stefano Brivio's from B43 MAINTAINERS
> Added the b43 development mailing lists
> Changed B43 status to "Odd Fixes"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> ---
>  CREDITS     |    4 ++++
>  MAINTAINERS |    5 +++--
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
> index 72b4878..30215f0 100644
> --- a/CREDITS
> +++ b/CREDITS
> @@ -495,6 +495,10 @@ S: Kopmansg 2
>  S: 411 13  Goteborg
>  S: Sweden
>  
> +N: Stefano Brivio
> +E: stefano.brivio@polimi.it
> +D: B43 wireless driver
> +
>  N: Paul Bristow
>  E: paul@paulbristow.net
>  W: http://paulbristow.net/linux/idefloppy.html
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 6d119c9..5bc296c 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1225,16 +1225,17 @@ F:	include/net/ax25.h
>  F:	net/ax25/
>  
>  B43 WIRELESS DRIVER
> -M:	Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
>  L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> +L:	b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
>  W:	http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
> -S:	Maintained
> +S:	Odd Fixes
>  F:	drivers/net/wireless/b43/
>  
>  B43LEGACY WIRELESS DRIVER
>  M:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
>  M:	Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
>  L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> +L:	b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
>  W:	http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/

NACK. I never said that b43 is unmaintained. It is definitely getting much
more than "odd fixes".

Larry