[PATCH v1 1/1] soc: fsl: Replace kernel.h with the necessary inclusions

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Saturday, October 30, 2021, Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
wrote:

>
> Le 29/10/2021 à 22:31, Andy Shevchenko a écrit :
>
>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 10:04 PM LEROY Christophe
>> <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 29/10/2021 à 17:55, Andy Shevchenko a écrit :
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 06:33:54PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When kernel.h is used in the headers it adds a lot into dependency
>>>>> hell,
>>>>> especially when there are circular dependencies are involved.
>>>>>
>>>>> Replace kernel.h inclusion with the list of what is really being used.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seems nobody from PPC took this patch.
>>>> Any idea who can take it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You have to check in MAINTAINERS file in the root directory of kernel
>>> sources: https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/blob/master/MAINTAINERS
>>>
>>
>> Actually for these files get_maintainer.pl showed nothing.
>> I have chosen PPC maintainers manually.
>>
>> That's Michael who takes them. But you have to allow him enough time for
>>> it.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> I wrote that message because I have got a notification from checkpatch
>> that it should go somewhere else.
>>
>>
> That means that Michael considered it is not for him.
>
> And I think the reason is that in MAINTAINERS you have:
>
> FREESCALE QUICC ENGINE LIBRARY
> M:      Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao at nxp.com>
> L:      linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> S:      Maintained
> F:      drivers/soc/fsl/qe/
> F:      include/soc/fsl/*qe*.h
> F:      include/soc/fsl/*ucc*.h
>
>
> FREESCALE SOC DRIVERS
> M:      Li Yang <leoyang.li at nxp.com>
> L:      linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> L:      linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org (moderated for
> non-subscribers)
> S:      Maintained
> F:      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/fsl,dpaa2-console.yaml
> F:      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/fsl/
> F:      drivers/soc/fsl/
> F:      include/linux/fsl/
>
>
Thanks! Now I should understand why get_maintainer hadn’t showed above for
me.



> Sorry I overlooked your patch.


NP


>
> Christophe
>


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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