[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Use a Linux-style MAINTAINERS file

["Venkateswararao Jujjuri (JV)" <jvrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 9/10/2010 7:04 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 09/10/2010 03:03 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>>> -Project leaders:
>>> -----------------
>>> +Please see the MAINTAINERS file in the Linux kernel for information about how
>>> +to update this file.
>> Can't we just copy that one interesting section from Linux into this file?
>
> Sure, that makes sense.
>
>>> +Devices
>>> +-------
>>> +Virtio
>>> +M: Anthony Liguori<aliguori@us.ibm.com>
>>> +S: Supported
>>> +F: hw/virtio*
>> Hm, what does this mean considering that we have later other entries
>> like hw/virtio-9p*?
>
> My intention with this file is not to establish ownership of code but to
> establish who are the right people to ask about areas of the code base.
>
> So having overlapping listings is not a bad thing. IOW, think of it not as, this
> is the person who owns this set of files but rather, this person is willing to
> be helpful with this set of files.
>
>>> +vhost
>>> +M: Michael S. Tsirkin<mst@redhat.com>
>>> +S: Supported
>>> +F: hw/vhost*
>>> +
>>> +virtio-9p
>>> +M: JV Rao<jvrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Please have my full name...

   Venkateswararao Jujjuri (JV) <jvrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>


Thanks,
JV

>>> +S: Supported
>>> +F: hw/virtio-9p*
>>> +
>>> +virtio-serial
>>> +M: Amit Shah<amit.shah@redhat.com>
>>> +S: Supported
>>> +F: hw/virtio-serial*
>>> +F: hw/virtio-console*
>>> +
>>> +IDE
>>> +M: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
>>> +S: Odd Fixes
>>> +F: hw/ide/
>>> +
>>> +SCSI
>>> +M: Paul Brook<paul@codesourcery.com>
>>> +S: Odd Fixes
>>> +F: hw/lsi53c895a.c
>>> +F: hw/scsi*
>> In practice, virtio-blk, IDE and partly scsi-disk were done by me recently.
>
> True, I'll add your name.
>
>> I didn't see the TCG backends in the list, are they missing?
>
> They are. Suggestions about the right entries to add would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>
>> Kevin
>