# \[PATCH v4 0/3\] Update VMware maintainer entries

- Subsystems: THE REST
- Maintainers: Linus Torvalds
- Series: 3 patches touching 1 file, +17/-13
- Status: SUPERSEDED (Superseded by v5 posted 2022-02-24)
- Superseded by v5 (posted 2022-02-24).
- Revision v4 (3 revisions archived).
- List: netdev
- 4 messages, 3 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/11/1576886/t

## \[PATCH v4 0/3\] Update VMware maintainer entries

- From: Srivatsa S. Bhat \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-11-16 22:37:06 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/11/1576886.md

```text
This series updates a few maintainer entries for VMware-maintained
subsystems and cleans up references to VMware's private mailing lists
to make it clear that they are effectively email-aliases to reach out
to reviewers.

Changes from v3->v4:
- Remove Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org from patches 1 and 2.

Changes from v1->v3:
- Add Zack as the named maintainer for vmmouse driver
- Use R: to denote email-aliases for VMware reviewers

Regards,
Srivatsa

---

Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) (3):
      MAINTAINERS: Update maintainers for paravirt ops and VMware hypervisor interface
      MAINTAINERS: Add Zack as maintainer of vmmouse driver
      MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as email aliases


 MAINTAINERS | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

```

## \[PATCH v4 3/3\] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as email aliases

- From: Srivatsa S. Bhat \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-11-16 22:37:49 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/11/1576889.md

```text
From: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <redacted>

VMware mailing lists in the MAINTAINERS file are private lists meant
for VMware-internal review/notification for patches to the respective
subsystems. Anyone can post to these addresses, but there is no public
read access like open mailing lists, which makes them more like email
aliases instead (to reach out to reviewers).

So update all the VMware mailing list references in the MAINTAINERS
file to mark them as such, using "R: email-alias@vmware.com".

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <redacted>
Cc: Zack Rusin <redacted>
Cc: Nadav Amit <redacted>
Cc: Vivek Thampi <redacted>
Cc: Vishal Bhakta <redacted>
Cc: Ronak Doshi <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---

 MAINTAINERS |   22 +++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 01c7d1498c56..9b18fca73371 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -6223,8 +6223,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
 F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
 
 DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
-M:	"VMware Graphics" <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>
 M:	Zack Rusin <zackr@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware Graphics Reviewers <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>
 L:	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
 S:	Supported
 T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
@@ -14410,7 +14410,7 @@ F:	include/uapi/linux/ppdev.h
 PARAVIRT_OPS INTERFACE
 M:	Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
 M:	Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>
-M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
 L:	x86@kernel.org
 S:	Supported
@@ -20303,7 +20303,7 @@ F:	tools/testing/vsock/
 
 VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
 M:	Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
-M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -20311,7 +20311,7 @@ F:	drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
 VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
 M:	Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>
 M:	Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@vmware.com>
-M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
 L:	x86@kernel.org
 S:	Supported
@@ -20321,14 +20321,14 @@ F:	arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c
 
 VMWARE PVRDMA DRIVER
 M:	Adit Ranadive <aditr@vmware.com>
-M:	VMware PV-Drivers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/
 
 VMware PVSCSI driver
 M:	Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@vmware.com>
-M:	VMware PV-Drivers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
@@ -20336,7 +20336,7 @@ F:	drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
 
 VMWARE VIRTUAL PTP CLOCK DRIVER
 M:	Vivek Thampi <vithampi@vmware.com>
-M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.c
@@ -20344,15 +20344,15 @@ F:	drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.c
 VMWARE VMCI DRIVER
 M:	Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@vmware.com>
 M:	Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-L:	pv-drivers@vmware.com (private)
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/
 
 VMWARE VMMOUSE SUBDRIVER
 M:	Zack Rusin <zackr@vmware.com>
-M:	"VMware Graphics" <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>
-M:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware Graphics Reviewers <linux-graphics-maintainer@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-input@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
@@ -20360,7 +20360,7 @@ F:	drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.h
 
 VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Ronak Doshi <doshir@vmware.com>
-M:	pv-drivers@vmware.com
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/vmxnet3/


```

## Re: \[PATCH v4 3/3\] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as email aliases

- From: Joe Perches \<joe@perches.com\>
- Date: 2021-11-16 22:58:27 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/11/1576899.md

```text
On Tue, 2021-11-16 at 14:41 -0800, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> From: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <redacted>
> 
> VMware mailing lists in the MAINTAINERS file are private lists meant
> for VMware-internal review/notification for patches to the respective
> subsystems. Anyone can post to these addresses, but there is no public
> read access like open mailing lists, which makes them more like email
> aliases instead (to reach out to reviewers).
> 
> So update all the VMware mailing list references in the MAINTAINERS
> file to mark them as such, using "R: email-alias@vmware.com".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <redacted>

Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>

> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
[]
> @@ -6223,8 +6223,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
>  F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
>  
>  DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> -M:	"VMware Graphics" [ref]
>  M:	Zack Rusin [ref]
> +R:	VMware Graphics Reviewers [ref]

etc...


```

## Re: \[PATCH v4 3/3\] MAINTAINERS: Mark VMware mailing list entries as email aliases

- From: Zack Rusin \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-11-17 02:17:51 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/11/1577013.md

```text


> On Nov 16, 2021, at 17:41, Srivatsa S. Bhat [ref] wrote:
> 
> From: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <redacted>
> 
> VMware mailing lists in the MAINTAINERS file are private lists meant
> for VMware-internal review/notification for patches to the respective
> subsystems. Anyone can post to these addresses, but there is no public
> read access like open mailing lists, which makes them more like email
> aliases instead (to reach out to reviewers).
> 
> So update all the VMware mailing list references in the MAINTAINERS
> file to mark them as such, using "R: email-alias@vmware.com".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat (VMware) <redacted>
> Cc: Zack Rusin <redacted>
> Cc: Nadav Amit <redacted>
> Cc: Vivek Thampi <redacted>
> Cc: Vishal Bhakta <redacted>
> Cc: Ronak Doshi <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> ---
> 
> MAINTAINERS |   22 +++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 01c7d1498c56..9b18fca73371 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -6223,8 +6223,8 @@ T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
> F:	drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/
> 
> DRM DRIVER FOR VMWARE VIRTUAL GPU
> -M:	"VMware Graphics" [ref]
> M:	Zack Rusin [ref]
> +R:	VMware Graphics Reviewers [ref]
> L:	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> S:	Supported
> T:	git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc


Acked-by: Zack Rusin <redacted>

z
```