Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] drm: update MAINTAINERS for qemu drivers (bochs, cirrus, qxl, virtio-gpu)

[Thomas Huth]

On 23.11.2016 09:06, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
>>>>>>>> +L:	qemu-devel@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> qemu-devel list already has very high traffic - not sure whether it
>>>>>> makes much sense to route even more additional patches here. Maybe
>>>>>> rather create a separate mailing list like qemu-graphics@xxxxxxxxxx ?
> 
>> So you've just managed to convince me that including qemu-devel on every
>> driver patch, when qemu.git will not be modified, may indeed be
>> overkill; when compared to the option of just creating a new dedicated
>> list for the subset of kernel patches related to qemu drivers.
> 
> Well, that isn't my intention.  I want the kernel patches for qemu
> graphics being more visible for developers working on the host (device
> emulation) side.  A separate list just for those patches is quite the
> contrary ...
> 
> Maybe virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx would be a better choice
> than qemu-devel ...

Yes, I agree, that sounds like a better fit. You might even get the
attention from other people there who are working on virtualization
solutions other than QEMU.

 Thomas