Re: [PATCH 3/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove references to not existing files

[CC list trimmed, Google did not like that long list..]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 12:16:22PM +0200, Quentin Schulz wrote:
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> On 8/24/26 12:14 PM, Michal Simek wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 8/24/26 12:11, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 8/24/26 12:07 PM, Michal Simek wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 8/24/26 11:54, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> > > > > Hi Michal,
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 8/24/26 9:18 AM, Michal Simek wrote:
> > > > > > A number of file (F:) entries across the MAINTAINERS files pointed to
> > > > > > files or directories which had been renamed or removed over time. Drop
> > > > > > these stale references so that every F: entry resolves to an existing
> > > > > > path.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <[email protected]>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/rk3576/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > b/arch/arm/ mach- rockchip/rk3576/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > index 79cf9e97f70b..62c3ce765e0d 100644
> > > > > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/rk3576/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/rk3576/MAINTAINERS
> > > > > > @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ F:    configs/nanopi-m5-rk3576_defconfig
> > > > > >   NANOPI-R76S-RK3576
> > > > > >   M:    Jonas Karlman <[email protected]>
> > > > > >   S:    Maintained
> > > > > > -F:    arch/arm/dts/rk3576-nanopi-r76s*
> > > > > 
> > > > > This is a leftover from v1 which had a file there, but we
> > > > > merged the v2. See
> > > > > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
> > > > > url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Fu-
> > > > > boot%2F20260108143551.4017839-3- jonas%40kwiboo.se%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cquentin.schulz%40cherry.de%7C20d22328c2c14b04e70608df01c79b5d%7C5e0e1b5221b54e7b83bb514ec460677e%7C0%7C0%7C639231628996802560%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BGNHaQOa3XRWnaRD%2BMBZJDH3t54Q17ZQGynxdQr34e8%3D&reserved=0
> > > > > and https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/[email protected]/
> > > > > 
> > > > > For now we don't have U-Boot-specific additions to the
> > > > > upstream DTS for the NanoPi R76S but we could in the future,
> > > > > so having a wildcard like that would allow Jonas to be
> > > > > notified if one ever gets added. So it's not completely
> > > > > useless. No strong opinion on still deleting it or not.
> > > > 
> > > > File is there or not. If you add it in future you should extend
> > > > that fragment and that's it.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > And Jonas won't be Cc'ed on it being added if someone forgets to
> > > update MAINTAINERS (which honestly is very likely), that's my point.
> > > He maintains the board but won't be notified if something directly
> > > related to the board he maintains gets added.
> > 
> > you can use N: regex fragment for it.
> > 
> 
> Fair enough.

And part of the point of this series is to enable CI to make sure no
more mismatches get in, so we can't have speculative entries.

-- 
Tom

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