Re: [PATCH net-next] net: MAINTAINERS: Demote Qualcomm IPA to "maintained"

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 30/07/2024 18:29, Alex Elder wrote:
> On 7/30/24 5:40 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> To the best of my knowledge, Alex Elder is not being paid to support
>> Qualcomm IPA networking drivers, so drop the status from "supported" to
>> "maintained".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I hadn't thought much about the distinction, and it might not
> make a lot of difference right now.  But it's true I'm not
> being *paid* to maintain the IPA driver (but will continue).

It does, existing:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/maintainer/feature-and-driver-maintainers.html#bug-reports

and something which will have much, much bigger impact:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240425114200.3effe773@xxxxxxxxxx/#r
e.g.:
"1. Require all netdev Ethernet drivers listed as Supported in
MAINTAINERS to periodically run netdev CI tests."
and some more


> 
> Acked-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

Best regards,
Krzysztof