Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] MAINTAINERS: add Samsung USB DT binding to ARM/SAMSUNG entry

[Selvarasu Ganesan]

On 9/18/2026 3:28 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 05:52:27PM +0530, Selvarasu Ganesan wrote:
>> Add the Samsung USB devicetree binding file path under the existing
>> ARM/Samsung SoC maintainership.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Selvarasu Ganesan <selvarasu.g@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index a53620839407..87a1ab24a375 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -3576,6 +3576,7 @@ F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/
>>   F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwinfo/samsung,*
>>   F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/pd-samsung.yaml
>>   F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/
>> +F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/samsung,*
> I think this is not really needed. First of all, files will be covered
> by N: pattern further in the entry. Second, patches for these should go
> via USB, but listing here the directory could create impression that
> Samsung SoC is responsible.
>
> This one entry is harmless, but if adding this, then next time we got 15
> more updates for each of Documentation/devicetree/bindings/*/samsung*
> files. Is it worth?
>
> Interested people can add themselves to the bindings maintainers entry,
> that's always welcomed.

Hi Krzysztof,

Thanks for your detailed explanations.

Agreed. We will drop this patch in the next version.

Thanks,
Selva
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof