Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add Neill Kapron as USB Gadget maintainer

From: Greg KH

Date: Thu Oct 15 2026 - 12:51:47 EST


On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 03:24:57PM +0000, Neill Kapron wrote:
> Restore the USB GADGET/PERIPHERAL SUBSYSTEM entry and add myself as
> maintainer to help review and maintain USB gadget drivers, core
> framework, headers, and documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Neill Kapron <nkapron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 65e8a4b5c90b..16560ddf7b7b 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -28220,6 +28220,28 @@ S: Maintained
> F: Documentation/usb/ehci.rst
> F: drivers/usb/host/ehci*
>
> +USB GADGET/PERIPHERAL SUBSYSTEM
> +M: Neill Kapron <nkapron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +L: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +S: Supported
> +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git
> +F: Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-usb-gadget*
> +F: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-platform-_UDC_-gadget
> +F: Documentation/driver-api/usb/gadget.rst
> +F: Documentation/usb/functionfs*
> +F: Documentation/usb/gadget*
> +F: Documentation/usb/mass-storage.rst
> +F: drivers/usb/gadget/
> +F: include/linux/usb/composite.h
> +F: include/linux/usb/func_utils.h
> +F: include/linux/usb/functionfs.h
> +F: include/linux/usb/g_hid.h
> +F: include/linux/usb/gadget*
> +F: include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h
> +F: include/uapi/linux/usb/g_*.h
> +F: include/uapi/linux/usb/gadgetfs.h
> +F: tools/usb/ffs-*
> +
> USB HID/HIDBP DRIVERS (USB KEYBOARDS, MICE, REMOTE CONTROLS, ...)
> M: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
> --
> 2.56.0.385.gd3acb90ef8-goog
>

Yes!!! Thanks Neil for agreeing to do this.

For others, we talked this over at LPC this year in person.

thanks,

greg k-h