On Tue, 2019-08-20 at 15:56 +0200, Sebastian Duda wrote: > On 20.08.19 15:14, Pali Rohár wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 August 2019 15:05:51 Sebastian Duda wrote: > > > Hello Pali, > > > > > > in my master thesis, I'm using the association of subsystems to > > > maintainers/reviewers and its status given in the MAINTAINERS file. > > > During the research I noticed that there are several subsystems without a > > > status in the maintainers file. One of them is the subsystem `ALPS PS/2 > > > TOUCHPAD DRIVER` where you're mentioned as reviewer. > > > > > > Is it intended not to mention a status for your subsystems? > > > What is the current status of these systems? > > > > > > Kind regards > > > Sebastian Duda > > > > Hi Sebastian! ALPS PS/2 is a driver for ALPS touchpad. They can be > > found on more laptops. And ALPS PS/2 itself is not separate subsystem. > > It is just driver which is part of kernel input subsystem with mailing > > list linux-in...@vger.kernel.org. > > > Hi Pali, > > so the status of the files is inherited from the subsystem `INPUT > MULTITOUCH (MT) PROTOCOL`?
Not really, no. It's inherited from MAINTAINERS-INPUT (KEYBOARD, MOUSE, JOYSTICK, TOUCHSCREEN) DRIVERS MAINTAINERS-M: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torok...@gmail.com> MAINTAINERS-L: linux-in...@vger.kernel.org MAINTAINERS-Q: http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-input/list/ MAINTAINERS-T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git MAINTAINERS-S: Maintained MAINTAINERS:F: drivers/input/ MAINTAINERS-F: include/linux/input.h MAINTAINERS-F: include/uapi/linux/input.h MAINTAINERS-F: include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h MAINTAINERS-F: include/linux/input/ MAINTAINERS-F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/ MAINTAINERS-F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/ MAINTAINERS-F: Documentation/input/ You could see this via $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f --sections drivers/input/mouse/alps.c ALPS PS/2 TOUCHPAD DRIVER R: Pali Rohár <pali.ro...@gmail.com> F: drivers/input/mouse/alps.* INPUT (KEYBOARD, MOUSE, JOYSTICK, TOUCHSCREEN) DRIVERS M: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torok...@gmail.com> L: linux-in...@vger.kernel.org Q: http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-input/list/ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git S: Maintained F: drivers/input/ F: include/linux/input.h F: include/uapi/linux/input.h F: include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h F: include/linux/input/ F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/ F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/ F: Documentation/input/ THE REST M: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Q: http://patchwork.kernel.org/project/LKML/list/ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git S: Buried alive in reporters F: * F: */
