Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "Zwisler, Ross" <> | Subject | maintainer for BRD | Date | Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:21:29 +0000 |
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Hi Jens,
The MAINTAINERS file currently has Nick Piggin listed as the maintainer for the BRD driver, but the email address listed is dead:
The following message to <npiggin@kernel.dk> was undeliverable. The reason for the problem: 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-"5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try\n5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or\n5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at\n5.1.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=6596 rz2si2426620pab.168 - gsmtp"
It seems like patches for BRD go to Linus via your tree, correct? Should we update MAINTAINERS so that you are listed as the maintainer of BRD?
- Ross
-- >8 -- Subject: [PATCH] brd: update maintainer to be Jens Axboe
Nick Piggin is currently listed as the maintainer of BRD in MAINTAINERS, but the mails sent to the listed address are returned as undeliverable. Update the maintainer for BRD to be Jens Axboe, since patches for BRD flow up through him.
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> --- MAINTAINERS | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 6239a30..84889c1 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -8047,7 +8047,7 @@ S: Maintained F: drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/ RAMDISK RAM BLOCK DEVICE DRIVER -M: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> +M: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> S: Maintained F: Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt F: drivers/block/brd.c -- 1.9.3
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