Hi Mauro-
On 2/25/21 5:41 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Document the basic policies of the media subsystem profile. > > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+hua...@kernel.org> > --- > > v2: fix the Documentation/*/media directories > > > Documentation/driver-api/media/index.rst | 2 + > .../media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst | 161 ++++++++++++++++++ > .../maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst | 1 + > 3 files changed, 164 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 > Documentation/driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst > b/Documentation/driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..6318be833bfb > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ > +Media Subsystem Profile > +======================= > + > +Overview > +-------- > + > +The media subsystem covers support for a variety of devices: stream > +capture, analog and digital TV, cameras, remote controllers, HDMI CEC > +and media pipeline control. > + > +It covers, mainly, the contents of those directories: > + > + - drivers/media > + - drivers/staging/media > + - Documentation/admin-guide/media > + - Documentation/driver-api/media > + - Documentation/userspace-api/media > + - include/media > + > +Both media userspace and Kernel APIs are documented and should be kept in > +sync with the API changes. It means that all patches that add new > +features to the subsystem should also bring changes to the corresponding > +API files. > + > +Due to the size and wide scope of the media subsystem, media's > +maintainership model is to have sub-maintainers that have a broad > +knowledge of a specific aspect of the subsystem. It is the sub-maintainers' > +task to review the patches, providing feedback to users if the patches are > +following the subsystem rules and are properly using the media kernel and > +userspace APIs. > + > +Patches for the media subsystem should be sent to the media mailing list > +at linux-me...@vger.kernel.org as plain text only e-mail. Emails with > +HTML will be automatically rejected by the mail server. It could be wise > +to also copy the sub-maintainer(s). > + > +Media's workflow is heavily based on Patchwork, meaning that, once a patch > +is submitted, it should appear at: > + > + - https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/project/linux-media/list/ > + > +If it doesn't automatically appear there after a few minutes, then > +probably something got wrong on your submission. Please check if the > +email is in plain text only and if your emailer is not mangling with > +whitespaces before complaining or submitting them again. > + > +Sub-maintainers > ++++++++++++++++ > + > +At the media subsystem, we have a group of experienced developers that > +are responsible for doing the code reviews at the drivers (called > +sub-maintainers), and another senior developer responsible for the > +subsystem as a hole. For core changes, whenever possible, multiple > +media (sub-)maintainers do the review. > + > +The sub-maintainers work on specific areas of the subsystem, as > +described below: > + > +Digital TV: > + Sean Young <s...@mess.org> > + > +HDMI CEC: > + Hans Verkuil <hverk...@xs4all.nl> > + > +Media controller drivers: > + Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinch...@ideasonboard.com> > + > +Remote Controllers: > + Sean Young <s...@mess.org> > + > +Sensor drivers: > + Sakari Ailus <sakari.ai...@linux.intel.com> > + > +V4L2 drivers: > + Hans Verkuil <hverk...@xs4all.nl> > + > +Submit Checklist Addendum > +------------------------- > + > +Patches that change the Open Firmware/Device Tree bindings should be > +reviewed by the Device Tree maintainers. So, DT maintainers should be > +c/c when those are submitted. Cc:ed > + > +There is a set of compliance tools at https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/ > +that should be used in order to check if the drivers are properly > +implementing the media APIs. > + > +Those tests need to pass before the patches go upstream. > + > +Also, please notice that we build the Kernel with:: > + > + make CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y C=1 W=1 > CHECK=check_script > + > +Where the check script is:: > + > + #!/bin/bash > + /devel/smatch/smatch -p=kernel $@ >&2 > + /devel/sparse/sparse $@ >&2 > + > +Be sure to not introduce new warnings on your patches without a > +very good reason. > + > +Style Cleanup Patches > ++++++++++++++++++++++ > + > +Style-cleanups are welcome when they come together with other changes Style cleanups > +at the files where the style changes will affect. > + > +We may accept pure standalone style-cleanups, but they should ideally style cleanups, > +be one patch for the hole subsystem (if the cleanup is low volume), whole (or entire) > +or at least be grouped per directory. So, for example, if you're doing doing a > +big cleanup change set at drivers under drivers/media, please send a single > +patch for all drivers under drivers/media/pci, another one for > +drivers/media/usb and so on. > + > +Coding Style Addendum > ++++++++++++++++++++++ > + > +Media development uses checkpatch on strict mode to verify the code style, > +e. g.:: usually no space (in the kernel source tree) e.g.:: > + > + $ ./script/checkpatch.pl --strict > + > +Please notice that the goal here is to improve code readability. On a few > +cases, checkpatch may actually point to something that would look worse. > + > +So, you should use good send sense here, being prepared to justify any > +coding style decision. > + > +Please also notice that, on some cases, when you fix one issue, you may > +receive warnings about lines longer than 80 columns. It is fine to have > +longer lines if this means that other warnings will be fixed by that. > + > +Yet, if you're having more than 80 columns on a line, please consider > +simplifying the code - if too indented - or to use shorter names for > +variables. > + > +Key Cycle Dates > +--------------- > + > +New submissions can be sent at any time, but if they intend to hit the > +next merge window they should be sent before -rc5, and ideally stabilized > +in the linux-media branch by -rc6. > + > +Review Cadence > +-------------- > + > +Provided that your patch is at https://patchwork.linuxtv.org, it should > +be sooner or later handled, so you don't need to re-submit a patch. > + > +Except for bug fixes, we don't usually add new patches to the development > +tree between -rc6 and the next -rc1. > + > +Please notice that the media subsystem is a high traffic one, so it > +could take a while for us to be able to review your patches. Feel free > +to ping if you don't get a feedback in a couple of weeks or to ask > +other developers to publicly add Reviewed-by and, more importantly, > +Tested-by tags. > + > +Please note that we expect a detailed description for Tested-by, > +identifying what boards were used at the test and what it was tested. Good info here. Thanks. -- ~Randy
