Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add entry for VMware Balloon driver

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Wed Jun 18 2014 - 19:19:29 EST


On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 04:17:42 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 04:09:01PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++
> > drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 6c484ac..3a446e8 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -9645,6 +9645,12 @@ L: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > S: Supported
> > F: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
> >
> > +VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
> > +M: "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +L: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > +S: Maintained
> > +F: drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
>
> I really hate having a "alias" as a maintainer, and not a "real" name.
> Kernel development is done by individuals, we don't have companies as
> authors or signed-off-by lines, we have developers.
>
> So I will not accept this, sorry. Please find a real person who is
> willing to maintain this code, or just mark it unsupported.
>

OK, fair enough, we'll find a real name to attach here.

Thanks,
Dmitry
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