Re: [PATCH v1 1/8] dt-bindings: PCI: Add Broadcom STB 7712 SOC, update maintainter

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed Jul 03 2024 - 00:35:54 EST


On 02/07/2024 23:57, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 5:12 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 28/06/2024 22:54, Jim Quinlan wrote:
>>> - Update maintainer.
>>
>> Why?
>
> I haven't observed any action or feedback from Nicolas in years.
> Nicolas, please
> state your case for being a maintainer because it is not making sense from
> my perspective.

Commit msg should explain why.

>>
>>> - Adds a driver compatible string for the new STB SOC 7712
>>> - Adds two new resets for the 7712: "bridge", for the
>>> the bridge between the PCIe core and the memory bus;
>>> and "swinit", the PCIe core reset.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> .../bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++-
>>> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
>>> index 11f8ea33240c..f594fef343a1 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
>>> @@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>>> title: Brcmstb PCIe Host Controller
>>>
>>> maintainers:
>>> - - Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx>
>>> + - Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> properties:
>>> compatible:
>>> items:
>>> - enum:
>>> + - brcm,bcm7712-pcie # STB sibling SOC of Raspberry Pi 5
>>
>> Why did you place it here? Isn't the list ordered?
>
> It is ordered from newest at top to oldest at bottom -- is the
> convention to put the "new" at the bottom?

Both your proposals lead to conflicts, so of course no. The lists are
ordered alphabetically, in most cases.



Best regards,
Krzysztof