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To:     Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
Thread-Topic: [PATCH] VMCI: Update maintainers for VMCI
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> On Jul 26, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 06:29:25PM +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
>>=20
>>> On Jul 25, 2022, at 11:05 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrot=
e:
>>>=20
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:32:46AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
>>>> From: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
>>>>=20
>>>> Remove Rajesh as a maintainer for the VMCI driver.
>>>=20
>>> Why?
>>=20
>> Rajesh is no longer with VMware and won't be working on VMCI.
>=20
> But employment does not matter for maintainership and has nothing to do
> with it.  Maintainership follows the person, not the company, you all
> know this.
>=20
> So for obvious reasons, I can't take this type of change without Rajesh
> acking it.

I understand.  After getting in touch with Rajesh, cc'ing him via his perso=
nal
email ID.

Rajesh, could you please provide your ack if you agree with this patch to
remove you as the maintainer for VMCI?

Thanks,
Vishnu=