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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id v19-20020a170906489300b009927243e689si1366450ejq.528.2023.07.18.11.10.30; Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:10:54 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.s=korg header.b=uKdno7EY; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232626AbjGRRez (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:34:55 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57756 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230215AbjGRRex (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:34:53 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1354D91; Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:34:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A50AB616A0; Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:34:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D933C433C8; Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:34:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1689701692; bh=gRqK4YQ9SwmOtiWj1frwDfFvpy6S6QoNvpMI5EL4rP4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=uKdno7EYrnRrGF6BIgpk6wjGWU5SJFWTnoWdbXbJqtegpdQhERHFWu/+CmJ6V31I6 ZTFvr4dy4oZ8UQjpG4TANXYe+0M6fyGPQeYsaKTnErBBelTlVsLIzGyANsRY/a8Y5c V4ng2bwJrRBuehzaCh/I2Lzvwkdy26E2cC1A/hBk= Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 19:34:49 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: corbet@lwn.net, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux@leemhuis.info, broonie@kernel.org, krzk@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH docs v2] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers Message-ID: <2023071832-headstone-chafe-5be9@gregkh> References: <20230718155814.1674087-1-kuba@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230718155814.1674087-1-kuba@kernel.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 08:58:14AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > We appear to have a gap in our process docs. We go into detail > on how to contribute code to the kernel, and how to be a subsystem > maintainer. I can't find any docs directed towards the thousands > of small scale maintainers, like folks maintaining a single driver > or a single network protocol. > > Document our expectations and best practices. I'm hoping this doc > will be particularly useful to set expectations with HW vendors. > > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Looks good to me, thanks for writing this up: Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman