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Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:37:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 09:38:44 +0100 From: Nuno =?utf-8?B?U8Oh?= To: "Lad, Prabhakar" Cc: Peter Rosin , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Mark Brown , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Fabrizio Castro , Chris Paterson , Prabhakar , Lad Prabhakar , Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] MAINTAINERS: Update multiplexer subsystem maintainers and status Message-ID: References: <20260706084829.10494-1-prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com> <2866c92f-d098-4728-b58d-c9d2509e28aa@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 03:43:24PM +0100, Lad, Prabhakar wrote: > Hi Peter, > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM Peter Rosin wrote: > > > > On 2026-07-07 19:59, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > > On 07/07/2026 16:41, Peter Rosin wrote: > > >> On 2026-07-06 10:48, Prabhakar wrote: > > >>> From: Lad Prabhakar > > >>> > > >>> Update the multiplexer subsystem maintainer entry and change its status > > >>> from "Odd Fixes" to "Maintained". > > >>> > > >>> Move Peter to the CREDITS file to recognize his foundational work creating > > >>> and maintaining the subsystem. Incoming patches will now be reviewed, > > >>> tested, and routed via Greg closer to the RC5-RC6 release windows. > > >>> > > >>> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar > > >>> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski > > >>> Cc: Peter Rosin > > >>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > >>> --- > > >>> v2->v3: > > >>> - Added Alvin and Antoniu as maintainers. > > >>> - Updated commit message. > > >>> - Added Reviewed-by tag. > > >>> > > >>> v1->v2: > > >>> - Added entry to CREDITS file > > >>> --- > > >>> CREDITS | 4 ++++ > > >>> MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++-- > > >>> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > >>> > > >>> diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS > > >>> index 8b229514ec8e..298d15e89c94 100644 > > >>> --- a/CREDITS > > >>> +++ b/CREDITS > > >>> @@ -3513,6 +3513,10 @@ S: R. Anhanguera, 1487 - Ipiranga > > >>> S: 79080-740 - Campo Grande - Mato Grosso do Sul > > >>> S: Brazil > > >>> > > >>> +N: Peter Rosin > > >>> +E: peda@lysator.liu.se > > >>> +D: Multiplexer subsystem founder and former maintainer > > >>> + > > >>> N: Stephen Rothwell > > >>> E: sfr@canb.auug.org.au > > >>> W: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr > > >>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > >>> index f96621b3214c..6ed6a2e43f6b 100644 > > >>> --- a/MAINTAINERS > > >>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > >>> @@ -18487,8 +18487,10 @@ F: include/linux/mmc/ > > >>> F: include/uapi/linux/mmc/ > > >>> > > >>> MULTIPLEXER SUBSYSTEM > > >>> -M: Peter Rosin > > >> > > >> I oppose the removal. I also find it strange to request my > > >> removal without any attempt to reach out to me first. > > > > > > That's unfortunate. You have been Cc-ed, though. There were several > > > resends, pings, orphaned (never responded) patches on the mailing list, > > > eventually leading to entire discussion e.g.: > > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAD++jL=-nPyjbZH7fGBU10oP-gqEDzvyt+D49iSU9=h6t5CUqw@mail.gmail.com/ > > > > > > Earlier I marked Mux subsystem as Odd fixes, which is close to "Orphaned". > > > > > > Worth looking at amount of pings here: > > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1777294876.git.tommaso.merciai.xr@bp.renesas.com/ > > > > > > On 4th of May your commit updating email address was merged, so all > > > above and many earlier messages were sent to your @axentia email > > > address. I understand that this was a factor in this misunderstanding > > > but if @axentia stopped working on 30th of April, you could stay > > > reachable by either updating .mailmap entry earlier or by using > > > lei/korgalore simply to get the emails (I also do that for a few > > > subsystems I maintain). > > > > There were several attempts over past ~2 years, up to the point I even > > > collected patches and sent them to Greg. > > > > > > That's why I do not find it "strange". > > > > Yes, I'm perfectly aware that my track record is far from perfect. > > Thank you for picking up some of the slack and sorry for the inconvenience. > > > > My "strange" comment was regarding the fact that the maintainer update > > came seemingly from nowhere. I have now read the discussion in the other > > thread and see that all the discussion happened with the stale @axentia > > address CC:ed. But then, after that, these patches were sent to my new > > address w/o any reference to that discussion. I still call it strange > > to not involve the new mail address before requesting to remove me as > > maintainer, but given the history I can certainly understand why it > > happened. > > > > I replied in a bit of a panic, and probably failed to communicate as > > clearly as I could have. > > > > > If you want and have time to keep maintaining this, it would be great. > > > Please then commit to have time for this subsystem. > > > > Yes, I would like that, and I will make time. Also, the mux subsystem > > is small but do sport some unusual properties. A fair amount of people > > seem to misunderstand some of the basics. > > > Thank you for the reply and for clarifying the situation with the > email transition. It is completely understandable how the discussion > was missed given the stale @axentia address, and there are absolutely > no hard feelings regarding the initial reaction. > It is fantastic news that you have the time and desire to continue > maintaining the multiplexer subsystem. > > Since a few of us (Alvin, Antoniu, and myself) have a vested interest > in the subsystem would happy to help when needed. > > For now we can drop this patch. If Peter is fine with it I think it would be valuable to have at least one co-maintainer or at least one reviewer. My 2 cents... - Nuno Sá