Re: [PATCH v10 2/3] dt-bindings: mfd: Add compatible string for UART support

[Tzung-Bi Shih]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 04:27:32PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > You should gain permission from the maintainer before you apply patches.
> > > 
> > >   % scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/google,cros-ec.yaml
> > >      Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx> (supporter:MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES (MFD))
> > >      Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> > >      Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> > >      Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:ARM/Mediatek SoC support)
> > 
> > I see.  I guess for the case, I should get both MFD and DT bindings
> > maintainers' Acks before applying the patch.
> 
> Yes.  The situation isn't overly clear and differs from subsystem to
> subsystem and maintainer to maintainer.  In the MFD case, Rob and
> Krzysztof conduct the first reviews.  99 times out of 100, if they're
> happy, I'm happy and I merge the changes via the MFD tree.  Same goes
> for Backlight and more recently, LEDs.

I see.  Apologize for that and I will pay more attention next time when
handling cross-subsystem patches.