Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Maciej,

CC Ralf

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ralf Baechle has been inactive for years now and the linux-mips.org site
> has gone down.  No replacement contact information is available.  Thomas
> has been kind enough to step up as a maintainer for EDAC-CAVIUM OCTEON
> and IOC3 ETHERNET DRIVER.
>
> Update MAINTAINERS, CREDITS, and .get_maintainer.ignore accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit 495cc28f8e6b5396
("MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle") in next-20241113.

> Index: linux-macro/.get_maintainer.ignore
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-macro.orig/.get_maintainer.ignore
> +++ linux-macro/.get_maintainer.ignore
> @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Alan Cox <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
>  Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
>  Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
>  Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@xxxxxxx>
> +Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Index: linux-macro/CREDITS
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-macro.orig/CREDITS
> +++ linux-macro/CREDITS
> @@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ P: 1024/AF7B30C1 CF 97 C2 CC 6D AE A7 FE

Actually there is another contact address above, out of context...

>  D: Linux/MIPS port
>  D: Linux/68k hacker
>  D: AX25 maintainer
> +D: EDAC-CAVIUM OCTEON maintainer
> +D: IOC3 ETHERNET DRIVER maintainer
> +D: NETROM NETWORK LAYER maintainer
> +D: ROSE NETWORK LAYER maintainer
> +D: TURBOCHANNEL SUBSYSTEM maintainer
>  S: Hauptstrasse 19
>  S: 79837 St. Blasien
>  S: Germany
> Index: linux-macro/MAINTAINERS
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-macro.orig/MAINTAINERS
> +++ linux-macro/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -8061,10 +8061,10 @@ S:      Maintained
>  F:     drivers/edac/highbank*
>
>  EDAC-CAVIUM OCTEON
> -M:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +M:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  L:     linux-edac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  L:     linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -S:     Supported
> +S:     Maintained
>  F:     drivers/edac/octeon_edac*
>
>  EDAC-CAVIUM THUNDERX
> @@ -11885,7 +11885,7 @@ F:      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio
>  F:     drivers/iio/gyro/mpu3050*
>
>  IOC3 ETHERNET DRIVER
> -M:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +M:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  L:     linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  S:     Maintained
>  F:     drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/ioc3-eth.c
> @@ -15993,9 +15993,8 @@ F:      net/netfilter/
>  F:     tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/
>
>  NETROM NETWORK LAYER
> -M:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  L:     linux-hams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -S:     Maintained
> +S:     Orphan
>  W:     https://linux-ax25.in-berlin.de
>  F:     include/net/netrom.h
>  F:     include/uapi/linux/netrom.h
> @@ -20035,9 +20034,8 @@ F:      include/linux/mfd/rohm-generic.h
>  F:     include/linux/mfd/rohm-shared.h
>
>  ROSE NETWORK LAYER
> -M:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  L:     linux-hams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -S:     Maintained
> +S:     Orphan
>  W:     https://linux-ax25.in-berlin.de
>  F:     include/net/rose.h
>  F:     include/uapi/linux/rose.h
> @@ -23555,7 +23553,6 @@ F:      drivers/net/tun.c
>
>  TURBOCHANNEL SUBSYSTEM
>  M:     "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> -M:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  L:     linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  S:     Maintained
>  Q:     http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/project/linux-mips/list/

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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