The ARM VIA/WonderMedia VT8500 platform became orphaned in
commit 8f1b7ba55c61 ("MAINTAINERS: ARM/VT8500, remove defunct e-mail")
and clearly it is on the way out of the kernel. However few folks send
patches to it and it is nice to actually take them, till the platform is
in the kernel.
I do not plan to actively support/maintain ARM VT8500 but I can take odd
fixes now and then.
Extend the maintainer entry to cover also VT8500 DTS.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
---
Cc: [email protected]
---
MAINTAINERS | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 63d991d95c73..c7a13170b697 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3107,9 +3107,11 @@ W: http://www.armlinux.org.uk/
F: arch/arm/vfp/
ARM/VT8500 ARM ARCHITECTURE
+M: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
L: [email protected] (moderated for non-subscribers)
-S: Orphan
+S: Odd Fixes
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-wmt.txt
+F: arch/arm/boot/dts/vt8500/
F: arch/arm/mach-vt8500/
F: drivers/clocksource/timer-vt8500.c
F: drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viai2c-wmt.c
--
2.43.0
On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, at 13:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> The ARM VIA/WonderMedia VT8500 platform became orphaned in
> commit 8f1b7ba55c61 ("MAINTAINERS: ARM/VT8500, remove defunct e-mail")
> and clearly it is on the way out of the kernel. However few folks send
> patches to it and it is nice to actually take them, till the platform is
> in the kernel.
>
> I do not plan to actively support/maintain ARM VT8500 but I can take odd
> fixes now and then.
>
> Extend the maintainer entry to cover also VT8500 DTS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexey Charkov
Thanks for stepping up. A few years ago, Alexey also had
some interest in this platform and knew some other remaining
users.
Do you have any hardware to test on for the platform?
I still have an old vt8505 (I think) TV box but never
did anything with it.
Arnd
Hi Arnd, Krzystof,
On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, at 13:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > The ARM VIA/WonderMedia VT8500 platform became orphaned in
> > commit 8f1b7ba55c61 ("MAINTAINERS: ARM/VT8500, remove defunct e-mail")
> > and clearly it is on the way out of the kernel. However few folks send
> > patches to it and it is nice to actually take them, till the platform is
> > in the kernel.
> >
> > I do not plan to actively support/maintain ARM VT8500 but I can take odd
> > fixes now and then.
> >
> > Extend the maintainer entry to cover also VT8500 DTS.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
>
> Cc: Alexey Charkov
>
> Thanks for stepping up. A few years ago, Alexey also had
> some interest in this platform and knew some other remaining
> users.
Indeed, I'm still interested in getting it up and running, and even
got my good old WM8950-based APC Rock board out of storage for it
recently. I also have a WM8880-based laptop and another WM8850-based
one at hand, but need to bring them up to speed. Should also have a
number of older WM8750, WM8650 and VT8500 (but not WM8505) devices
somewhere deeper in storage.
I haven't touched the related code in a while, but as the original
author of VT8500 and WM8505 support code from over a decade back I'd
love to keep it all alive and functional, including reviewing and
testing stuff as well as (hopefully) adding extra functionality that's
been on my backlog for years. Does that count as support/maintain?
Happy to be listed in maintainers and be in the loop if I qualify.
Best regards,
Alexey
On 12/06/2024 14:57, Alexey Charkov wrote:
> Hi Arnd, Krzystof,
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, at 13:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> The ARM VIA/WonderMedia VT8500 platform became orphaned in
>>> commit 8f1b7ba55c61 ("MAINTAINERS: ARM/VT8500, remove defunct e-mail")
>>> and clearly it is on the way out of the kernel. However few folks send
>>> patches to it and it is nice to actually take them, till the platform is
>>> in the kernel.
>>>
>>> I do not plan to actively support/maintain ARM VT8500 but I can take odd
>>> fixes now and then.
>>>
>>> Extend the maintainer entry to cover also VT8500 DTS.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
>>
>> Cc: Alexey Charkov
>>
>> Thanks for stepping up. A few years ago, Alexey also had
>> some interest in this platform and knew some other remaining
>> users.
>
> Indeed, I'm still interested in getting it up and running, and even
> got my good old WM8950-based APC Rock board out of storage for it
> recently. I also have a WM8880-based laptop and another WM8850-based
> one at hand, but need to bring them up to speed. Should also have a
> number of older WM8750, WM8650 and VT8500 (but not WM8505) devices
> somewhere deeper in storage.
>
> I haven't touched the related code in a while, but as the original
> author of VT8500 and WM8505 support code from over a decade back I'd
> love to keep it all alive and functional, including reviewing and
> testing stuff as well as (hopefully) adding extra functionality that's
> been on my backlog for years. Does that count as support/maintain?
> Happy to be listed in maintainers and be in the loop if I qualify.
You can take the sole maintainership thus handle patches/pull requests,
or become added as a co-maintainer.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 5:43 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 12/06/2024 14:57, Alexey Charkov wrote:
> > Hi Arnd, Krzystof,
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, at 13:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >>> The ARM VIA/WonderMedia VT8500 platform became orphaned in
> >>> commit 8f1b7ba55c61 ("MAINTAINERS: ARM/VT8500, remove defunct e-mail")
> >>> and clearly it is on the way out of the kernel. However few folks send
> >>> patches to it and it is nice to actually take them, till the platform is
> >>> in the kernel.
> >>>
> >>> I do not plan to actively support/maintain ARM VT8500 but I can take odd
> >>> fixes now and then.
> >>>
> >>> Extend the maintainer entry to cover also VT8500 DTS.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
> >>
> >> Cc: Alexey Charkov
> >>
> >> Thanks for stepping up. A few years ago, Alexey also had
> >> some interest in this platform and knew some other remaining
> >> users.
> >
> > Indeed, I'm still interested in getting it up and running, and even
> > got my good old WM8950-based APC Rock board out of storage for it
> > recently. I also have a WM8880-based laptop and another WM8850-based
> > one at hand, but need to bring them up to speed. Should also have a
> > number of older WM8750, WM8650 and VT8500 (but not WM8505) devices
> > somewhere deeper in storage.
> >
> > I haven't touched the related code in a while, but as the original
> > author of VT8500 and WM8505 support code from over a decade back I'd
> > love to keep it all alive and functional, including reviewing and
> > testing stuff as well as (hopefully) adding extra functionality that's
> > been on my backlog for years. Does that count as support/maintain?
> > Happy to be listed in maintainers and be in the loop if I qualify.
>
> You can take the sole maintainership thus handle patches/pull requests,
> or become added as a co-maintainer.
Co-maintainer sounds great. Shall I submit a separate patch to add
myself next to your name?
Best regards,
Alexey
On 13/06/2024 07:17, Alexey Charkov wrote:
>>>
>>> Indeed, I'm still interested in getting it up and running, and even
>>> got my good old WM8950-based APC Rock board out of storage for it
>>> recently. I also have a WM8880-based laptop and another WM8850-based
>>> one at hand, but need to bring them up to speed. Should also have a
>>> number of older WM8750, WM8650 and VT8500 (but not WM8505) devices
>>> somewhere deeper in storage.
>>>
>>> I haven't touched the related code in a while, but as the original
>>> author of VT8500 and WM8505 support code from over a decade back I'd
>>> love to keep it all alive and functional, including reviewing and
>>> testing stuff as well as (hopefully) adding extra functionality that's
>>> been on my backlog for years. Does that count as support/maintain?
>>> Happy to be listed in maintainers and be in the loop if I qualify.
>>
>> You can take the sole maintainership thus handle patches/pull requests,
>> or become added as a co-maintainer.
>
> Co-maintainer sounds great. Shall I submit a separate patch to add
> myself next to your name?
I'll send a v2 with your name, thanks.
Best regards,
Krzysztof