Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932263AbWCDRxv (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:53:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932269AbWCDRxv (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:53:51 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:29971 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932263AbWCDRxu (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:53:50 -0500 Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:53:49 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Alessandro Zummo Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Richard Knutsson , Benoit Boissinot , p_gortmaker@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] RTC subsystem, class Message-ID: <20060304175349.GL9295@stusta.de> References: <20060304164247.963655000@towertech.it> <20060304164248.740384000@towertech.it> <20060304170810.GE9295@stusta.de> <20060304184611.784fd939@inspiron> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060304184611.784fd939@inspiron> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1507 Lines: 51 On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:46:11PM +0100, Alessandro Zummo wrote: > On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:08:10 +0100 > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > +REAL TIME CLOCK (RTC) SUBSYSTEM > > > +P: Alessandro Zummo > > > +M: a.zummo@towertech.it > > > +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > +S: Maintained > > > + > > >... > > > > The entry above the one you are adding is: > > > > REAL TIME CLOCK DRIVER > > P: Paul Gortmaker > > M: p_gortmaker@yahoo.com > > L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > S: Maintained > > > > > > Two entries for the same thing only cause confusion. > > It is not the same thing. Paul's one is the standard rtc > driver, which has not yet replaced by the rtc class. My wording wasn't good: Two entries that sound as if they were for the same thing only cause confusion. The problem is that MAINTAINERS is written for people sending patches or bug reports and the difference between these two entries is very subtle. > Best regards, > Alessandro Zummo, cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/