RE: [PATCH 5/5] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Samsung Exynos8855 SoC

[Alim Akhtar]

Thanks Linus for your review

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2026 12:51 PM
> To: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Samsung Exynos8855
> SoC
> 
> Hi Alim,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > Add maintainers entry for the Samsung Exynos8855 SoC based platforms
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> (...)
> > +SAMSUNG EXYNOS8855 SoC SUPPORT
> > +M:     Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +L:     linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (moderated for non-
> subscribers)
> > +L:     linux-samsung-soc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > +S:     Maintained
> > +F:     arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos8855*
> 
> If you really want to single out a single platform like this (and I don't even
> know if that is a good idea... how do you keep the big picture in mind?) you
> should probably want to also add a wildcard for all the
> 8855 device tree files.
> 
I am also not sure, just followed what was done historically, other Exynos8855 file will get added once they
are posted for review, e.g. clock driver.
Let me discuss with Krzk during OSS (Mumbai) and see how do we handle this or any other better ways.


> Yours,
> Linus Walleij