Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove Hans J. Koch entries

[Michal Simek]

On 06/21/2013 04:50 AM, Hans J. Koch wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:20:27AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 18:01 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>> Anyway, Hans disappeared, so Greg takes patches, again.
> 
> I wasn't able to take part in kernel development because I was heavily
> involved in hardware development project. I always thought it would be just
> a few more days, but then it became half a year. I know I should have given
> an explanation and didn't. Sorry for that.
> 
>>
>> Maybe this is appropriate then.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index 69fea4f..dc9d04a 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -5253,9 +5253,8 @@ F:	Documentation/hwmon/max16065
>>  F:	drivers/hwmon/max16065.c
>>  
>>  MAX6650 HARDWARE MONITOR AND FAN CONTROLLER DRIVER
>> -M:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  L:	lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> -S:	Maintained
>> +S:	Orphan
>>  F:	Documentation/hwmon/max6650
>>  F:	drivers/hwmon/max6650.c
> 
> ACK to that one. It was never my idea to have a MAINTAINERS entry for that.
> Jean Delvare suggested it, so it came in. The MAX6650 was in a project I was
> working on 6 years ago, and I wrote the driver at that time. Meanwhile, I
> don't even have hardware with a MAX6650 anymore.
> 
> Does each little driver really need a MAINTAINERS entry? In my opinion, it
> should only be there if it is clear that it's not just a short project work.
> 
>>  
>> @@ -8795,7 +8794,6 @@ F:	fs/hostfs/
>>  F:	fs/hppfs/
>>  
>>  USERSPACE I/O (UIO)
>> -M:	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  S:	Maintained
>>  F:	Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
> 
> Well, you can do that if you want. But I still feel associated with UIO
> and sincerely hope I'm back again to fulfill my duties as a maintainer.

ok then can you please comment my patches?
I think it is not necessary to have one driver which support UIO without IRQ
and then second which support both cases.

Thanks,
Michal

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