Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove asterisk from EFI directory names

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Fri May 13 2016 - 11:34:42 EST


On Fri, 13 May, at 08:23:47AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-05-13 at 17:11 +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> > Matt Fleming wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Mark reported that having asterisks on the end of directory names
> > > confuses get_maintainer.pl when it encounters subdirectories, and
> > > that
> > If this's a get_maintainer.pl bug, it should also happen in:
>
> Mark is confused.

Sorry, "confuses" was my word, not Mark's.

> The meaning of * is all the files in a particular
> directory but not any subdirectories.

Exactly. This is not what EFI maintainer entries should be using. I am
responsible for everything under drivers/firmware/efi, including
subdirectories.