Re: [PATCH 0/5] wireless: ti: Convert specialized logging macros to kernel style

From: Eliad Peller
Date: Thu Mar 31 2016 - 04:59:50 EST


On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-03-31 at 10:39 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 14:51 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> > > Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > > >
>> > > > Using the normal kernel logging mechanisms makes this code
>> > > > a bit more like other wireless drivers.
>> > > Personally I don't see the point but I don't have any strong opinions. A
>> > > bigger problem is that TI drivers are not really in active development
>> > > and that's I'm not thrilled to take big patches like this for dormant
>> > > drivers.
>> > Not very dormant.
>> >
>> > 35 patches in the last year, most of them adding functionality.
>> Oh, I didn't realise it had that many patches. But the driver is
>> orphaned and doesn't have a maintainer so could I then have an ack from
>> one of the active contributors that this ok?
>
> Fine by me.
>
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f --git drivers/net/wireless/ti/
>
> Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS (WIRELESS),commit_signer:27/35=77%)
> Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:9/35=26%,authored:7/35=20%)
> Guy Mishol <guym@xxxxxx> (commit_signer:6/35=17%,authored:5/35=14%)
> Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:6/35=17%,authored:3/35=9%)
> Uri Mashiach <uri.mashiach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:4/35=11%,authored:4/35=11%)
>
> For those people now added to the cc list,
> here's the original patch thread:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/7/1099

I don't have a strong opinion here either.
(I do like the trailing newline being added automatically, but that's
hardly an issue...)

Eliad.