Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add entry for Xen network backend

From: Ian Campbell
Date: Mon Apr 04 2011 - 05:12:29 EST


On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 10:07 +0100, David Miller wrote:
> From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:26:07 +0100
>
> > +XEN NETWORK BACKEND DRIVER
> > +M: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +L: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moderated for non-subscribers)
> > +S: Supported
> > +F: drivers/net/xen-netback/*
> > +
>
> To me there isn't much reason to have patch and other discussions
> about a network driver on a moderated XEN list (which the majority of
> core network developers are not subscribed to).
>
> If anything, list both. But not listing netdev is pretty pointless.

get_maintainer.pl lists both (due to the umbrella netdev entry) so I
didn't think it was required here also, I stand corrected.

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