Re: [PATCH v5] crc-itu-t: Fix typo in CRC ITU-T polynom comment

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Thu Jun 02 2022 - 13:17:09 EST


Hi Randy,

On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 09:31:24AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>
> On 6/2/22 07:24, Roger Knecht wrote:
> > On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 5:44 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I don't know which maintainer will merge this since no one is Cc:ed on it.
> >> You will probably need to choose some maintainer to send the patch to.
> >>
> >> But let's add the people who merged the header file in the first place
> >> for their comments/review. (done)
> >
> > Thanks Randy.
> >
> > The CRC implementation seems to be unmaintained (no entry in the
> > MAINTAINER file).
> > Any idea which maintainer I can send the patch to?
>
> Yes, the 2 people who signed off on its merger are not active AFAICT.
>
> > The kernel doc mentions Andrew Morton as last resort (added to CC):
> >> You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) on any patch to
> >> code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the source code
> >> revision history to see who those maintainers are. The script scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> >> can be very useful at this step. If you cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem you
> >> are working on, Andrew Morton (akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) serves as a maintainer
> >> of last resort.
> > source: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html
>
> Yes, Andrew can merge it.
> Or possibly Jason (also Cc-ed).

Sure, I can take this.

Jason

>
> thanks.
>
> --
> ~Randy