Re: [PATCH] Documentation: update the devices.txt documentation

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 09:17:36PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Alan is no longer maintaining this list through the Linux assigned
> numbers authority. Make it a collective document by referring to
> "the maintainers" in plural throughout, and naming the chardev and
> block layer maintainers in particular as parties of involvement.
> Cut down and remove some sections that pertained to the process of
> maintaining the list at lanana.org and contacting Alan directly.
> 
> Make it clear that this document, in the kernel, is the master
> document.
> 
> Also move paragraphs around so as to emphasize dynamic major number
> allocation.
> 
> Remove paragraph on 2.6 deprecation, that tag no longer appears
> anywhere in the file.
> 
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Greg I guess this can go through the drivercore tree?

Yes, I'll take it now, thanks.

greg k-h