[PATCH] powerpc: disable MSI using new interface if possible

[Florian Mickler]

Am 10.03.2011 04:50 schrieb "Joe Perches" <joe at perches.com>:
>
> On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 14:35 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-03-09 at 16:28 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 10:12 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > > > True my last patch may have been two years ago, but I _wrote the
entire
> > > > file_, and essentially no one else has ever touched it.
> > > > > If you don't like how it currently works, suggest
> > > > > improvements.
> > > > I think I was suggesting that I should be in that list :)
> > > $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f --git-blame
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/msi.c
> > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org> (supporter:LINUX FOR
POWERPC...,commits:8/11=73%)
> > > Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba.org> (supporter:LINUX FOR
POWERPC...,commits:4/11=36%)
> > > Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> (maintainer:OPEN FIRMWARE
AND...)
> > > Michael Ellerman <michael at ellerman.id.au> (authored
lines:481/481=100%,commits:11/11=100%)
> > > Linas Vepstas <linas at austin.ibm.com> (commits:1/11=9%)
> > > linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org (open list:LINUX FOR POWERPC...)
> > > linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org (open list)
> > > devicetree-discuss at lists.ozlabs.org (open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND...)
> > That's awesome. But it's not the default, so hardly anyone will ever use
> > it :)
>
> It's not the default for a few reasons:
>
> o It can take a _long_ time to run
> o Linus Torvalds is still the "author of record"
>  for all the files in the initial commit
> o For files with activity, it doesn't add very
>  much useful as old commit authors do also tend
>  to show up in the new commits.
> o It can show maintainers that are no longer
>  active.
>
Michael, maybe I'm missing something,  but why don't you have a MAINTAINERS
entry for that file? That would fix it for you.

Regards, Flo
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