Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] MAINTAINERS: Add Segey Semin to maintainers of DW APB GPIO driver

From: Sergey Semin
Date: Mon Mar 23 2020 - 15:16:48 EST


On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 11:36:45AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 21:06 +0300, Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > From: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add myself as a co-maintainer of the Synopsis DesignWare APB GPIO driver.
> []
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
> > @@ -16084,6 +16084,7 @@ F: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c
> >
> > SYNOPSYS DESIGNWARE APB GPIO DRIVER
> > M: Hoan Tran <hoan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +S: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> nack - S: is not the right line type prefix
>
> You need to use an M: type line not an S:.
>

Ah, yeah. Will fix it in v3.

Regards,
-Sergey

> The S: line is for subsystem status which should be one of:
>
> S: *Status*, one of the following:
> Supported: Someone is actually paid to look after this.
> Maintained: Someone actually looks after it.
> Odd Fixes: It has a maintainer but they don't have time to do
> much other than throw the odd patch in. See below..
> Orphan: No current maintainer [but maybe you could take the
> role as you write your new code].
> Obsolete: Old code. Something tagged obsolete generally means
> it has been replaced by a better system and you
> should be using that.
>
> > L: linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > S: Maintained
>
> like this...
>
> > F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/snps-dwapb-gpio.txt
>
>
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