Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: replace maintainer of FireWire subsystem

[Randy Dunlap]

Hi,

On 3/5/23 19:58, Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> In the last few years, I have reviewed patches for FireWire subsystem and
> requested sound subsystem maintainer to sent them to mainline, since
> FireWire subsystem maintainer has been long absent. This situation is not
> preferable since we have some user of sound hardware in IEEE 1394 bus.
> 
> I will stand for the maintainer, and work for FireWire core functions and
> 1394 OHCI driver, as well as sound drivers. This commit replaces the
> corresponding entry.

I agree that some change needs to be made. Thank you for offering.

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> As you know, IEEE 1394 is enough legacy. I would like to schedule the end
> of my work in the subsystem. My effort will last next 6 years. In 2026, I
> will start strong announcement for users to migrate their work load from
> IEEE 1394 bus (e.g. by purchasing alternative devices in USB and hardening
> system for them), then in 2029 let me resign the maintainer and close
> Linux 1394 project.
> 
> My current work focuses on real time data (sampling data) transmission
> protocol in packet-oriented communication, thus I would provide less help
> to implementations for the other type of protocol; i.e. IPv4/IPv6 over
> IEEE 1394 bus (firewire-net), SCSI transport protocol over IEEE 1394 bus
> (firewire-sbp2) and iSCSI target (sbp-target).
> 
> If receiving few objections from developers, I will start my work to send
> fixes for v6.3 prepatch, and PR for future v6.4 or later. I'm pleased if
> getting any help until the end.
> 
> Reference: commit b32744751e75 ("firewire: add to MAINTAINERS")
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 8d5bc223f..e137c1b2f 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -7954,10 +7954,11 @@ T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/lio-core-2.6.git master
>  F:	drivers/target/sbp/
>  
>  FIREWIRE SUBSYSTEM
> -M:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +M:	Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +M:	Takashi Sakamoto <takaswie@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  L:	linux1394-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  S:	Maintained
> -W:	http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/
> +W:	http://ieee1394.docs.kernel.org/
>  T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394.git
>  F:	drivers/firewire/
>  F:	include/linux/firewire.h

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~Randy