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

[Takashi Sakamoto]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 12:58:14PM +0900, 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.
> 
> 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(-)

The patch is applied to for-next branch for v6.4 kernel:

* https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394.git/


Thanks

Takashi Sakamoto