Re: [PATCH v10 2/3] dt-bindings: mfd: Add compatible string for UART support

From: Tzung-Bi Shih
Date: Thu Jan 05 2023 - 13:09:20 EST


On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 04:27:32PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > You should gain permission from the maintainer before you apply patches.
> > >
> > > % scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/google,cros-ec.yaml
> > > Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx> (supporter:MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES (MFD))
> > > Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> > > Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS)
> > > Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:ARM/Mediatek SoC support)
> >
> > I see. I guess for the case, I should get both MFD and DT bindings
> > maintainers' Acks before applying the patch.
>
> Yes. The situation isn't overly clear and differs from subsystem to
> subsystem and maintainer to maintainer. In the MFD case, Rob and
> Krzysztof conduct the first reviews. 99 times out of 100, if they're
> happy, I'm happy and I merge the changes via the MFD tree. Same goes
> for Backlight and more recently, LEDs.

I see. Apologize for that and I will pay more attention next time when
handling cross-subsystem patches.