[PATCH 0/3] MAINTAINERS: Update entries for some VMware drivers

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[PATCH 0/3] MAINTAINERS: Update entries for some VMware drivers

From: <hidden>
Date: 2022-09-06 17:32:49

From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

This series updates a few existing maintainer entries for VMware
supported drivers and adds a new entry for vsock vmci transport
driver.

Vishnu Dasa (3):
  MAINTAINERS: Change VMware PVSCSI driver entry to upper case
  MAINTAINERS: Change status of some VMware drivers
  MAINTAINERS: Add a new entry for VMWARE VSOCK VMCI TRANSPORT DRIVER

 MAINTAINERS | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

-- 
2.35.1

[PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Change VMware PVSCSI driver entry to upper case

From: <hidden>
Date: 2022-09-06 17:32:54

From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

Change 'VMware PVSCSI driver' entry to upper case.

This is a trivial change being done for uniformity.

Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 38f9ef4b53ec..b75eb23a099b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -21834,7 +21834,7 @@ L:	linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/
 
-VMware PVSCSI driver
+VMWARE PVSCSI DRIVER
 M:	Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@vmware.com>
 R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
-- 
2.35.1

[PATCH 2/3] MAINTAINERS: Change status of some VMware drivers

From: <hidden>
Date: 2022-09-06 17:33:14

From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

Change the status from 'Maintained' to 'Supported' for VMWARE
BALLOON DRIVER, VMWARE PVRDMA DRIVER, VMWARE PVSCSI driver,
VMWARE VMCI DRIVER, VMWARE VMMOUSE SUBDRIVER and VMWARE VMXNET3
ETHERNET DRIVER.

This needs to be done to conform to the guidelines in [1].
Maintainers for these drivers are VMware employees.

[1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainers.html

Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index b75eb23a099b..5a634b5d6f6c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -21812,7 +21812,7 @@ VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
 M:	Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
 R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
 
 VMWARE HYPERVISOR INTERFACE
@@ -21831,14 +21831,14 @@ M:	Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
 M:	Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
 R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/
 
 VMWARE PVSCSI DRIVER
 M:	Vishal Bhakta <vbhakta@vmware.com>
 R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c
 F:	drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.h
 
@@ -21854,7 +21854,7 @@ M:	Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
 M:	Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
 R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/
 
 VMWARE VMMOUSE SUBDRIVER
@@ -21862,7 +21862,7 @@ M:	Zack Rusin <zackr@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
+S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
 F:	drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.h
 
@@ -21870,7 +21870,7 @@ VMWARE VMXNET3 ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Ronak Doshi <doshir@vmware.com>
 R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/net/vmxnet3/
 
 VOCORE VOCORE2 BOARD
-- 
2.35.1

[PATCH 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Add a new entry for VMWARE VSOCK VMCI TRANSPORT DRIVER

From: <hidden>
Date: 2022-09-06 17:33:27

From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

Add a new entry for VMWARE VSOCK VMCI TRANSPORT DRIVER in the
MAINTAINERS file.

Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>
---
 MAINTAINERS | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 5a634b5d6f6c..0e52ee3521c3 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -21873,6 +21873,14 @@ L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/net/vmxnet3/
 
+VMWARE VSOCK VMCI TRANSPORT DRIVER
+M:	Bryan Tan <bryantan@vmware.com>
+M:	Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@vmware.com>
+R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>
+L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
+S:	Supported
+F:	net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport*
+
 VOCORE VOCORE2 BOARD
 M:	Harvey Hunt <harveyhuntnexus@gmail.com>
 L:	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org
-- 
2.35.1

Re: [PATCH 2/3] MAINTAINERS: Change status of some VMware drivers

From: Nadav Amit <hidden>
Date: 2022-09-06 17:39:37

On Sep 6, 2022, at 10:27 AM, Vishnu Dasa [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk
From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

Change the status from 'Maintained' to 'Supported' for VMWARE
BALLOON DRIVER, VMWARE PVRDMA DRIVER, VMWARE PVSCSI driver,
VMWARE VMCI DRIVER, VMWARE VMMOUSE SUBDRIVER and VMWARE VMXNET3
ETHERNET DRIVER.

This needs to be done to conform to the guidelines in [1].
Maintainers for these drivers are VMware employees.

[1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainers.html

Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>
---
MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index b75eb23a099b..5a634b5d6f6c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -21812,7 +21812,7 @@ VMWARE BALLOON DRIVER
M:	Nadav Amit [off-list ref]
R:	VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers [off-list ref]
L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Supported
F:	drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
Acked-by: Nadav Amit <redacted>

Re: [PATCH 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Add a new entry for VMWARE VSOCK VMCI TRANSPORT DRIVER

From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Date: 2022-09-07 07:46:22

On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:27:22AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

Add a new entry for VMWARE VSOCK VMCI TRANSPORT DRIVER in the
MAINTAINERS file.

Signed-off-by: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>
---
MAINTAINERS | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
Thanks for adding this entry!
Will be very useful to review vsock patches for vmci transport.

Acked-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>

Re: [PATCH 0/3] MAINTAINERS: Update entries for some VMware drivers

From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Date: 2022-09-07 07:52:06

On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:27:19AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

This series updates a few existing maintainer entries for VMware
supported drivers and adds a new entry for vsock vmci transport
driver.
Since you are updating MAINTAINERS, what about adding 
"include/linux/vmw_vmci*" under "VMWARE VMCI DRIVER"?

Thanks,
Stefano

Re: [PATCH 0/3] MAINTAINERS: Update entries for some VMware drivers

From: Vishnu Dasa <hidden>
Date: 2022-09-10 09:55:51

On Sep 7, 2022, at 12:51 AM, Stefano Garzarella [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:27:19AM -0700, vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
quoted
From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

This series updates a few existing maintainer entries for VMware
supported drivers and adds a new entry for vsock vmci transport
driver.
Since you are updating MAINTAINERS, what about adding "include/linux/vmw_vmci*" under "VMWARE VMCI DRIVER"?
I'll send a separate patch for this.  Thanks!!
Thanks,
Stefano

Re: [PATCH 0/3] MAINTAINERS: Update entries for some VMware drivers

From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2022-09-19 17:42:00

On Tue,  6 Sep 2022 10:27:19 -0700 vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

This series updates a few existing maintainer entries for VMware
supported drivers and adds a new entry for vsock vmci transport
driver.
Just to be sure - who are you expecting to take these in?

Re: [PATCH 0/3] MAINTAINERS: Update entries for some VMware drivers

From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Date: 2022-09-20 08:21:21

On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 10:41:47AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
On Tue,  6 Sep 2022 10:27:19 -0700 vdasa@vmware.com wrote:
quoted
From: Vishnu Dasa <redacted>

This series updates a few existing maintainer entries for VMware
supported drivers and adds a new entry for vsock vmci transport
driver.
Just to be sure - who are you expecting to take these in?
FYI Greg already queued this series in his char-misc-next branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git/log/?h=char-misc-next

Thanks,
Stefano
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