Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: add email addresses from dts files

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Sat Feb 11 2023 - 07:34:50 EST


On 11/02/2023 13:14, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> The DTS/DTSI files represent hardware description for Linux kernel,
> which is necessary to properly recognize and configure hardware by
> Linux. DTS is usually created by people having the actual hardware and
> having interest in keeping it in good shape. Such people can provide
> review (they might have board schematics) and testing. Unfortunately
> they mostly do not appear in MAINTAINERS file. Adding per-DTS entries
> to MAINTAINERS would quickly make it bloated (hundreds of new per-DTS
> entries).
>
> On the other hand there is no point in CC-ing every Copyright email
> appearing in files, because it might be outdated. Add new in-file
> pattern for storing maintainers dedicated to specific boards:
>
> Maintainer: John Smith <email>
>
> Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>

This is obviously not a valid tag anymore... I'll sent a v2 tomorrow.

Best regards,
Krzysztof