Re: MAINTAINERS section RISC-V/MICROCHIP POLARFIRE SOC SUPPORT with invalid file references

[Palmer Dabbelt]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:31:17 PDT (-0700), atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 9:15 PM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear Patish, dear Conor, dear Palmer,
> >
> > Commit df29598aaf5c ("MAINTAINERS: add microchip polarfire soc
> > support") adds the new section RISC-V/MICROCHIP POLARFIRE SOC SUPPORT,
> > but that section solely refers to files that do not exist in the
> > repository.
> >
> > Hence, ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=patterns complains:
> >
> >   warning: no file matches    F:    drivers/soc/microchip/
> >   warning: no file matches    F:    include/soc/microchip/mpfs.h
> >
> > The patch series, [PATCH v4 0/5] Add Microchip PolarFire Soc Support,
> > never adds those files, though. Are they coming through a different
> > patch series into Linus' tree or do you intend to refer to other files
> > instead?
>
> The actual files are added as a part of the following series.
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/list/?series=467187
>
> As the "Add Microchip PolarFire Soc Support" series added the basic SoC support,
> we thought it is better to update the maintainers file in this series
> to provide the information about
> the maintainers for the PolarFire Soc.
>
> Should we just remove the Files section or update the maintainers in
> the SoC system controller series ?

I've just dropped this from my tree, it's best to keep it along with the 
drivers.