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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014-2023 Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# These owners will be the default owners for everything in
+# the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence,
+# @stv0g will be requested for
+# review when someone opens a pull request.
+*       @stv0g
+
+# Order is important; the last matching pattern takes the most
+# precedence. When someone opens a pull request that only
+# modifies the following files, only the following members
+# and not the global owner(s) will be requested for a review.
+
+# VFIO related files
+/lib/kernel/pci.cpp                         @n-eiling
+/lib/kernel/vfi_*.cpp                       @n-eiling
+/include/villas/kernel/pci.hpp              @n-eiling
+/include/villas/kernel/vfio_*.hpp           @n-eiling