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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id h10-20020a63c00a000000b0055fedbf226esi1888540pgg.674.2023.07.18.11.15.10; Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:15:23 -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=@kernel.org header.s=k20201202 header.b=tRIRNV9x; 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=kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232109AbjGRSHA (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:07:00 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45692 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232064AbjGRSG6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:06:58 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE2591B5; Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:06:56 -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 7DD73616AC; Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9EE3CC433C7; Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:06:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1689703615; bh=88mOW/Jxt3hWqsKWEzcfOJPc4T/peV4NshcYKjzQeRk=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=tRIRNV9xuItBjPLIPo5eYoGYUpetQN69SoaS11o/Trrpq+PNH3zu98+n12K66NRXl y0Hrs1r5XJkJ0DURie+rFr/KCZKHzCFS2/e5J7JIT5eobHLVBO28Pq6Cc563b66Rfh i5nZs4KbH66LYayy6xhq8lLxAalXJ4FpUIzsiKmAARnYdovH0ezvgwaJpwsS4HsgVD 3HlmmPQR00WxAaXPb3TBvSqfpiQ1irDh9F4spvq8yl7kOmazHllO7Hz5SbH2AYFUIa BTJAKgHBoEw1NPOG7Fd5lS7oJHbJaCgegvmC1JJ2/9H4aAXpXCX4eBSnJ98ROAfJ+9 RRN81ukzNNhrA== Message-ID: <8331449d-6b25-7ea0-4c28-9128ab483fba@kernel.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:06:48 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.13.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH docs v2] docs: maintainer: document expectations of small time maintainers Content-Language: en-US To: Jakub Kicinski , corbet@lwn.net Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux@leemhuis.info, broonie@kernel.org References: <20230718155814.1674087-1-kuba@kernel.org> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski In-Reply-To: <20230718155814.1674087-1-kuba@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE 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 18/07/2023 17:58, 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 Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Best regards, Krzysztof