Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update entries affecting VIA Technologies(resent as plaintext with hopefully all broken formatting fixed; merry Christmas)

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Jan 05 2011 - 15:39:36 EST


On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 22:32, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:36:44 +0100
> Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Bruce Chang <BruceChang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:05:57 +0800
>> Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: update entries affecting VIA Technologies
>>
>> Since the original maintainer-Joseph Chan (josephchan@xxxxxxxxxx)
>> doesn't handle the Linux driver for VIA now, I would like to request to
>> update the maintainer for the SD/MMC CARD CONTROLLER DRIVER and VIA
>> UNICHROME(PRO)/CHROME9 FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER before we find a better one.
>> Thank you very much for help.
>>
>> Sign-off by: Bruce Chang < brucechang@xxxxxxxxxx >
>>
>> --- linux-b4-modified/MAINTAINERS Â Â Â 2010-12-16 09:24:48.000000000 +0800
>> +++ linux-aftr-modified/MAINTAINERS Â Â 2010-12-17 16:50:00.793647029 +0800
>> @@ -6384,13 +6384,12 @@
>> Â F: Âdrivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c
>>
>> Â VIA SD/MMC CARD CONTROLLER DRIVER
>> -M: Â Joseph Chan <JosephChan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> +M: Â Bruce Chang <brucechang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Â M: ÂHarald Welte <HaraldWelte@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Â S: ÂMaintained
>> Â F: Âdrivers/mmc/host/via-sdmmc.c
>>
>> Â VIA UNICHROME(PRO)/CHROME9 FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER
>> -M: Â Joseph Chan <JosephChan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Â M: ÂFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@xxxxxx>
>> Â L: Âlinux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Â S: ÂMaintained
>
> - the patch was still space-stuffed.
>
> - Use "Signed-off-by:", not "Sign-off by:"
>
> - please cc the relevant mailing list and maintainer (Geert) on patches

Paul Mundt handles fbdev-2.6.git.

> - As you (Florian) forwarded the patch, it should have included your
> ÂSigned-off-by: as well. ÂI made that change to my copy of the patch.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

            Geert

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