Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: gpio-regmap: make myself a maintainer of it

[Michael Walle]

Hi,

> > When I've upstreamed the gpio-regmap driver, I didn't have that much
> > experience with kernel maintenance, so I've just added myself as a
> > reviewer. I've gained quite some experience, so I'd like to step up
> > as a maintainer for it.
>
> Do you think about maintaining your own tree and sending PRs to me?
> I'm wondering if - given the little volume of changes to gpio-regmap -
> this wouldn't be unnecessary churn? I normally wait for you to Ack any
> changes to gpio-regmap code and drivers based on it anyway. Otherwise
> if it's just the formal role of the maintainer you're suggesting, then
> sure, I'm all for it.

No, no own tree, that's overkill ;) As you said, it's just some formal
change.

-michael