Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: fix entry of char/misc

From: Sudip Mukherjee
Date: Tue Oct 13 2015 - 13:19:34 EST


On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 07:48:05AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-10-13 at 15:34 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > Greg and Arnd are supporter of char and misc drivers. While using
> > getmaintainer.pl on any patch or any file in these directories their
> > names were never displayed.
> []
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
> > M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git
> > S: Supported
> > -F: drivers/char/*
> > -F: drivers/misc/*
> > +F: drivers/char/
> > +F: drivers/misc/
> > F: include/linux/miscdevice.h
>
> Do Greg and Arnd really want to be supporting all
> subsystems below drivers/char like agp and xillybus?

I don't know that. Maybe Greg and Arnd can say.
But wasn't that the intention when char/* and misc/* was mentioned here?

regards
sudip
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