Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add missing fragment for Versal Gen 2

Marek Vasut via U-Boot <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.u-boot-project.lists.u-boot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/12/26 3:33 PM, Michal Simek wrote:

>>> Before
>>> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f arch/arm/mach-versal2/
>>> Tom Rini <[email protected]> (maintainer:ARM)
>>> Ilias Apalodimas <[email protected]> (maintainer:ARM)
>>> Michal Simek <[email protected]> (maintainer:ARM 
>>> VERSAL,commit_signer:14/15=93%,authored:10/15=67%)
>> There ^ you are , what's the problem ?
> 
> Yes, I'm listed - but under ARM VERSAL, which is a different SoC family.
> Versal Gen 2 is a completely different chip with different features.
> It only matches the ARM VERSAL entry because of the "versal" substring in
> the N: regex, not because they're the same chips. (FWIW keeping "Versal"
> in every new SoC name is very confusing).
> 
> Also Gen 2 specific drivers/files are coming, and those should be 
> attributed to the Versal Gen 2 not to the Versal.
> Creating the section now is what makes that correct - otherwise every 
> new Versal2 file silently inherits the Versal.

Why do we need 4 or 5 MAINTAINERS entries for Xilinx platforms, with the 
same maintainer, same git tree, same status, in the first place ? Why 
not have one XILINX entry that covers it all ?
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