Re: [PATCH 1/5] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for MIPI DSI bus

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Wed Oct 29 2014 - 08:39:52 EST


On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:17:17PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:48:26AM +0100, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > MAINTAINERS | 7 +++++++
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index dd31933..476679c 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -3071,6 +3071,13 @@ F: drivers/gpu/vga/
> > F: include/drm/
> > F: include/uapi/drm/
> >
> > +DRM MIPI DSI BUS
> > +M: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +L: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > +S: Supported
> > +F: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c
> > +F: include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
>
> I really prefer when common infrastructure like this doesn't get
> maintainer by a vendor. And I care with my intel hat on since we also ahve
> a dsi driver that sooner or later needs to be converted to to this stuff.
>
> Why doesn't the usual model of merging stuff through Dave's tree, or if
> that doesn't work well due to patch depencies, through vendor trees with
> Dave's ack?

FWIW, I've merged DSI changes through the panel tree in the past after
discussing it with Dave on IRC. It seemed like a good fit and it was
most relevant for panels anyway. Given that I had expected that Dave
would give it a closer look before pulling than any of the vendor trees
anyway, so it would be as good as an explicit Acked-by anyway.

Thierry

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