Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 00/10] acpi, clocksource: add GTDT driver and GTDT support in arm_arch_timer | From | Hanjun Guo <> | Date | Sat, 9 Jul 2016 11:00:07 +0800 |
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On 2016/7/7 21:58, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, July 07, 2016 02:40:23 PM Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: >> [+Sudeep] >> >> On Thu, Jul 07, 2016 at 02:03:17PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>>>>> So is this a documentation issue in which case Fu Wei can add that to >>>>>> the file to explain its limited to ARM64. Or we could even rename the >>>>>> file acpi_arm64_gtdt.c >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems a pity as the comment on this series were minors to block >>>>>> things on a filename/location. >>>>> >>>>> Let me repeat what I said above: >>>>> >>>>> I'm mostly concerned about how (and by whom) that code is going to be >>>>> maintained going forward. >>>>> >>>>> This is not about documentation, it is about responsibility. >>>>> >>>>> Honestly, I don't think I'm the right maintainer to apply the patch >>>>> introducing this code and then handle bug reports regarding it and so >>>>> on. That has to be done by somebody else. >>>> >>>> I'm working on ACPI for years and upstreamed the ARM64 ACPI core >>>> support (with lots of people's help), I'm willing to maintain the ARM64 >>>> ACPI code under drivers/acpi/ if no objections. >>> >>> OK >> >> I would ask you please to add Sudeep and myself for the ARM64 specific >> ACPI code maintainership too. > > OK > >>> Can the ARM64-specific code go under drivers/acpi/arm64/ then, for clarity?
I'm fine with it as it helps for maintain.
Thanks Hanjun
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