Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for TM16xx driver
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Aug 21 2025 - 15:36:54 EST
On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:29:47PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:08:06PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM Jean-François Lessard
> > > > > <jefflessard3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Besides the missing commit message, the main part of this patch should
> > > > > be merged with the patch 2 where the YAML file is being added.
> > > > > Otherwise it will be a dangling file. I dunno if DT tooling has its
> > > > > own concept of a maintainer database, though.
> > > >
> > > > get_maintainer.pl will pull the maintainer out of the file, so it won't be
> > > > truly dangling without a way to associate Jean-François with this file, if
> > > > that;s what you mean.
> > >
> > > Let's assume patch 2 is applied and patch 4 is not, what will be the
> > > result of get_maintainer.pl for the YAML file?
> >
> > Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:AUXILIARY DISPLAY DRIVERS)
> > Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (reviewer:AUXILIARY DISPLAY DRIVERS)
> > Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> > Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> > Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> > "Jean-François Lessard" <jefflessard3@xxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:1/1=100%,authored:1/1=100%,added_lines:471/471=100%,in file)
> > ^^^^^^^
>
> Which is a git lookup heuristics. If you disable that, there is no
> maintainer for the file. Try with --m and --no-git (IIRC the option
> name).
Actually doesn't checkpatch complain in this case?
> > devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)
> > AUXILIARY DISPLAY DRIVERS status: Odd Fixes
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko