Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936212AbcJRQPb (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:15:31 -0400 Received: from b.ns.miles-group.at ([95.130.255.144]:44723 "EHLO radon.swed.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932828AbcJRQP3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:15:29 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] MAINTAINERS: add a maintainer for the SPI NOR subsystem To: Cyrille Pitchen , Marek Vasut References: <0a3eaa21fb0f38743308c9cc9fc5d2373f4877de.1476802288.git.cyrille.pitchen@atmel.com> <3d45f698-08e9-e672-d405-1ab9bfec1222@atmel.com> Cc: Brian Norris , "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" , nicolas.ferre@atmel.com, Boris Brezillon , LKML From: Richard Weinberger Message-ID: Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:15:23 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3d45f698-08e9-e672-d405-1ab9bfec1222@atmel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1837 Lines: 44 On 18.10.2016 17:55, Cyrille Pitchen wrote: > Le 18/10/2016 à 17:30, Richard Weinberger a écrit : >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Marek Vasut wrote: >>> On 10/18/2016 04:58 PM, Cyrille Pitchen wrote: >>>> I would like to volunteer as a maintainer for the SPI NOR part of the MTD >>>> subsystem. >>>> >>>> Over the last months, a significant number of SPI NOR related patches have >>>> been submitted, some of them have been reviewed, but very few have finally >>>> been merged. Hence, the number of pending SPI NOR related patches continues >>>> to increase over the time. >>>> >>>> Through my work on SPI NOR memories from many manufacturers over the last >>>> two years, I've gained a solid understanding of this technology. >>>> I've already helped by reviewing patches from other contributors on the >>>> mailing list, and would like to help getting those patches integrated by >>>> volunteering as a maintainer for this specific area. >>>> >>>> Boris Brezillon has already stepped up as a maintainer for the NAND >>>> sub-subsystem in MTD, and the SPI NOR sub-subsystem could be handled in >>>> the same way: I would be reviewing patches touching this area, collecting >>>> them and sending pull requests to Brian Norris. >> >> I'd suggest you send pull requests directly to Linus. >> Same for NAND. >> >>>> Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen >>> >>> Let me know if you need co-maintainer. >> >> +1 >> >> While we are here, what about forming a MTD maintainer team? >> This concept works very well for other subsystems. >> > > I totally agree with you so if Marek and you volunteer as well, your help > will be precious! Well, my SPI-NOR fu is not strong. And UBI/UBIFS keeps me busy. But if Brian likes the idea of having a MTD maintainer team I'll offer my help. Thanks, //richard