Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: iio: magnetometer: add QST QMC5883L Sensor

From: David Lechner

Date: Sat Jun 13 2026 - 11:39:31 EST


On 6/12/26 8:45 AM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:13:24 +0200
> Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:45:26 +0600
>> Siratul Islam <email@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> +QST QMC5883L 3-Axis Magnetic Sensor
>>> +M: Siratul Islam <email@xxxxxxxx>
>>> +L: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> There's no point in having the IIO list in your MAINTAINERS
>> entry, get_maintainer.pl would return it automatically based
>> on the driver file's path.
> True, but I'm not sure there is a standard convention for whether
> lists should be added in this case or not.
>
> One of those things where we should decide on an answer perhaps
> and stick to it. Andy, Nuno, David, Dt folk what do you think?
>

Given that the vast majority of MAINTAINERS entries already have
L:, it seems like it would be easiest to just stick with that
convention.

Even if we cleaned up the 140+ IIO entries that don't strictly
need L: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx but already have it, people
still may just copy the convention from other entries.