Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] MAINTAINERS: add tqml device trees to TQ-Systems entry

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Mon Sep 25 2023 - 02:48:45 EST


On 25/09/2023 07:30, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, at 03:04, Shawn Guo wrote:
>> + Arnd
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 11:27:02AM +0200, Gregor Herburger wrote:
>>> Update file entries for TQ-Systems Layerscape modules.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Gregor Herburger <gregor.herburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>
>> I do not have a branch for this file, so you may want to send the
>> change to Arnd directly.
>
> The MAINTAINERS files can usually go into the same branch
> as arch/arm/mach-*/ and arch/arm64/Kconfig changes. If you have
> nothing for that, merging this one along with the corresponding
> arch/arm64/boot/dts changes is also fine.
>
> We used to have a separate branch just for the maintainer
> file updates a long time ago, but they rarely cause conflicts.
>
> Whichever way you end up doing it, please ensure that the person
> sending the pull request or patch addresses it to:soc@xxxxxxxxxx
> cc:linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to make it end up in
> patchwork, otherwise I'm more likely to miss it or expect that
> I'll get it as part of the normal pull requests.

Plus, there is no really reason to split such trivial maintainer change
into separate commit.

Best regards,
Krzysztof