From: baruch@tkos•co.il (Baruch Siach)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: extend Raspberry Pi entry
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:06:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170129210611.k46ey35py3ht3fe7@tarshish> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1485723150.30797.1.camel@crowfest.net>
Hi Michael,
On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 12:52:30PM -0800, Michael Zoran wrote:
> On Sun, 2017-01-29 at 22:08 +0200, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > Add bcm2836 (Raspberry Pi 2) and bcm2837 (Raspberry Pi 3).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos•co.il>
> > ---
> > ?MAINTAINERS | 4 ++--
> > ?1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 26edd832c64e..d69449735876 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ N: bcm216*
> > ?N: kona
> > ?F: arch/arm/mach-bcm/
> > ?
> > -BROADCOM BCM2835 ARM ARCHITECTURE
> > +BROADCOM BCM2835/BCM2836/BCM2837 ARM ARCHITECTURE
> > ?M: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg•org>
> > ?M: Lee Jones <lee@kernel•org>
> > ?M: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt•net>
> > @@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ L: linux-rpi-kernel at lists.infradead.org
> > (moderated for non-subscribers)
> > ?L: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-
> > subscribers)
> > ?T: git
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rpi/linux-rpi.git
> > ?S: Maintained
> > -N: bcm2835
> > +N: bcm283[5-7x]
> > ?F: drivers/staging/vc04_services
> > ?
> > ?BROADCOM BCM47XX MIPS ARCHITECTURE
>
> This is all cool and whatnot, but being new I'm a bit confused how this
> works.
>
> 1. Is everything still going to be e-mail based, because the e-mail
> based system could use some improvement.
Kernel development is email based. See "Why kernel development still uses
email"[1]. What would you like to see improved?
> 2. Are all the BCM283* files going to be clustered together or still
> scattered through the tree?
The hardware module type determines its driver location in the kernel tree.
The i2c-bcm2835.c has much more in common with other i2c master drivers than
with spi-bcm2835.c.
> 3. Why do the branches of the git all contain very old versions of the
> kernel?
Which git branches?
[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/702177/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-29 21:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-29 20:08 [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: extend Raspberry Pi entry Baruch Siach
2017-01-29 20:52 ` Michael Zoran
2017-01-29 21:06 ` Baruch Siach [this message]
2017-01-29 21:41 ` Michael Zoran
2017-01-29 21:52 ` Baruch Siach
2017-01-29 22:02 ` Michael Zoran
2017-01-29 22:24 ` Michael Zoran
2017-01-30 7:56 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2017-01-30 8:09 ` Michael Zoran
2017-01-30 8:51 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2017-01-30 9:01 ` Michael Zoran
2017-01-29 21:06 ` Stefan Wahren
2017-01-29 21:25 ` Michael Zoran
2017-01-30 17:03 ` Stephen Warren
2017-01-31 19:49 ` Eric Anholt
2017-02-01 5:21 ` Stephen Warren
2017-02-01 19:51 ` Eric Anholt
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