Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add kvm list for virtio components

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu Jul 05 2012 - 08:22:05 EST


On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 12:07:07PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> The KVM list is followed by more people than the generic
> virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list, and is
> already "de facto" the place where virtio patches are posted.

I have no data on the first statement (do you?) and I disagree with the
last statement, but have no objection to people adding kvm list as well.

> pv-ops still has no other lists than virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> However, pv-ops patches will likely touch Xen or KVM files as well and
> the respective mailing list will usually be reached as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

So pls please replace the 1st paragraph in the commit log with
"virtio changes are likely to affect many KVM users as virtio is
the de-facto standard for PV devices under KVM". Otherwise ok.

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 14bc707..e265f2e 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -7340,6 +7340,7 @@ F: include/media/videobuf2-*
> VIRTIO CONSOLE DRIVER
> M: Amit Shah <amit.shah@xxxxxxxxxx>
> L: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +L: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Maintained
> F: drivers/char/virtio_console.c
> F: include/linux/virtio_console.h
> @@ -7348,6 +7349,7 @@ VIRTIO CORE, NET AND BLOCK DRIVERS
> M: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> M: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> L: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +L: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Maintained
> F: drivers/virtio/
> F: drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> --
> 1.7.1
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