Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Aksh Garg as PCI CADENCE reviewer

[Manivannan Sadhasivam]

On Fri, May 08, 2026 at 07:34:01PM +0800, Hans Zhang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/8/26 15:08, Hans Zhang wrote:
> > Hi Aksh,
> > 
> > Let's wait for one day, or two days, to see if Vignesh is willing to do it.
> > 
> > For drivers/pci/controller/cadence, currently Aksh and Siddharth hope to
> > become Reviewers. Manikandan believes that he can become a Maintainer. I
> > myself also hope to apply for the role of maintainer. Then let's review
> > the common driver related to Cadence PCIe IP, as well as the driver of
> > the product.
> > 
> > Siddharth:
> > Depending on the frequency with which we are able to Review patches
> > consistently, we could eventually take up the role of being a Maintainer
> > as well.
> > 
> 
> 
> Hi Aksh,
> 
> Privately, Vignesh has replied as follows:
> 
> Vignesh:
> Agreed, I would prefer if Manikandan can own the driver as he would have
> better visibility wrt IP documentations as part of Cadence.
> 
> Sorry, I don't have the bandwidth to own the driver. Siddharth and Aksh
> can help review and test on all TI platforms with Cadence PCIe IP.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Could you please add Siddharth as a Reviewer? I and Manikandan are the
> maintainers. Of course, we need to see if Bjorn and Mani agree. Then, send
> this patch in the next version.
> 

$ git log --oneline --author=Manikandan drivers/pci/|wc -l
4

I wouldn't vote a developer who has committed 4 patches for a driver to become
a maintainer. But considering the fact that the driver is currently in 'Orphan'
state, and the developer works for the company that owns the IP, I'm OK with it.

But atleast that patch has to come from him, stating that he wishes to maintain
the driver. He can add reviewers in the same patch though.

- Mani

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