[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Use a Linux-style MAINTAINERS file

[Venkateswararao Jujjuri (JV)]

On 9/10/2010 7:04 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 09/10/2010 03:03 AM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > > -Project leaders:
> > > -----------------
> > > +Please see the MAINTAINERS file in the Linux kernel for information about how
> > > +to update this file.
> > Can't we just copy that one interesting section from Linux into this file?
>
> Sure, that makes sense.
>
> > > +Devices
> > > +-------
> > > +Virtio
> > > +M: Anthony Liguori<address@hidden>
> > > +S: Supported
> > > +F: hw/virtio*
> > Hm, what does this mean considering that we have later other entries
> > like hw/virtio-9p*?
>
> My intention with this file is not to establish ownership of code but to
> establish who are the right people to ask about areas of the code base.
>
> So having overlapping listings is not a bad thing. IOW, think of it not as, this
> is the person who owns this set of files but rather, this person is willing to
> be helpful with this set of files.
>
> > > +vhost
> > > +M: Michael S. Tsirkin<address@hidden>
> > > +S: Supported
> > > +F: hw/vhost*
> > > +
> > > +virtio-9p
> > > +M: JV Rao<address@hidden>

Please have my full name...

  Venkateswararao Jujjuri (JV) <address@hidden>


Thanks,
JV

> > > +S: Supported
> > > +F: hw/virtio-9p*
> > > +
> > > +virtio-serial
> > > +M: Amit Shah<address@hidden>
> > > +S: Supported
> > > +F: hw/virtio-serial*
> > > +F: hw/virtio-console*
> > > +
> > > +IDE
> > > +M: address@hidden
> > > +S: Odd Fixes
> > > +F: hw/ide/
> > > +
> > > +SCSI
> > > +M: Paul Brook<address@hidden>
> > > +S: Odd Fixes
> > > +F: hw/lsi53c895a.c
> > > +F: hw/scsi*
> > In practice, virtio-blk, IDE and partly scsi-disk were done by me recently.
>
> True, I'll add your name.
>
> > I didn't see the TCG backends in the list, are they missing?
>
> They are. Suggestions about the right entries to add would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>
> > Kevin