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Date:   Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:28:39 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: exclude char maintainers from things they
 do not maintain
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 03:19:09PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 2:10 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > There are a number of subdirectories and files in drivers/char/ that
> > have their own maintainers and developers and ways of getting patches to
> > Linus.  This includes random.c, IPMI, hardware random drivers, TPM
> > drivers, and agp drivers.  Instead of sending those patches to Arnd and
> > myself, who can't do anything with them, send them to the proper
> > developers instead.
> >
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> 
> Good idea,
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

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