Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/9] MAINTAINERS: add maintainers for hns driver

[Daode Huang]

On 2016/6/30 18:48, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-06-30 at 15:25 +0800, Yisen Zhuang wrote:
> > From: Daode Huang <huangdaode@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch adds maintainers for hisilicon network subsystem driver
> []
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
> > @@ -5421,6 +5421,15 @@ F:	include/uapi/linux/if_hippi.h
> >   F:	net/802/hippi.c
> >   F:	drivers/net/hippi/
> >   
> > +HISILICON NETWORK SUBSYSTEM DRIVER
> > +M:	Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +M:	Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +L:	netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > +W:	http://www.hisilicon.com
> > +S:	Maintained
> > +F:	drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/*
> >From MAINTAINERS:
>
> 	F: Files and directories with wildcard patterns.
> 	   A trailing slash includes all files and subdirectory files.
> 	   F:	drivers/net/	all files in and below drivers/net
> 	   F:	drivers/net/*	all files in drivers/net, but not below
> 	   F:	*/net/*		all files in "any top level directory"/net
> 	   One pattern per line.  Multiple F: lines acceptable.
>
> So this pattern with the trailing /* matches only:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Kconfig
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Makefile
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.c
> drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hix5hd2_gmac.c
>
> and not any file in drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/
>
> Is that what you want?

We will maintain all files in hisilicon and any directory below it.
will fix it in next submit.

Thanks

> using
>
> F:	drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/
>
> matches all files in hisilicon and any directory below it.
>
>
>
> .