[rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH 7/7] powerpc/ps3: Add rtc-ps3

[Geoff Levand]

Hi,

On 03/09/2009 11:43 AM, Alessandro Zummo wrote:
> Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com> wrote:
>> On 03/09/2009 07:12 AM, Alessandro Zummo wrote:
>> > On Mon,  9 Mar 2009 14:26:23 +0100
>> > Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven at sonycom.com> wrote:
>> >> +
>> >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Sony Corporation");
>> > 
>> >  real name, if possible and a contact address
>> >  here . Just in case I need someone to bother :)
>> 
>> Please look at the MAINTAINERS file, that will give
>> the contact for PS3.  It is much easier to maintain
>> a single place for the contact than many spread
>> throughout the kernel sources.
> 
>  Having it in MODULE_AUTHOR allow my scripts to automatically
>  send an email when appropriate.
> 
>  MAINTAINERS lists the files with an arbitrary
>  driver title so that the search must be made by an human and there's
>  no field that links a person to a specific .c .
> 
>  so every time I want to address someone I need to check MODULE_AUTHOR,
>  the git log and the MAINTAINERS file.

I see.  It seems what you want is MODULE_MAINTAINER, as author is
the author, who after some time, may not be the maintainer any more.

There was some work by Joe Perches to list the files a maintainer is
responsible for into the MAINTAINERS file.  I think that would give
you what you want, a way to automatically get the maintainer of a
file.

Joe, could you let us know the status of that work?

-Geoff