Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753321AbbLRIAR (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 03:00:17 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:49356 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752426AbbLRIAP (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 03:00:15 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.20,445,1444719600"; d="scan'208";a="710243884" Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:33:29 +0530 From: Vinod Koul To: Martin Sperl Cc: dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-rpi-kernel , Noralf =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tr=F8nnes?= , jonathan@raspberrypi.org, dan.j.williams@intel.com, Eric Anholt , Stephen Warren , Lee Jones Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2] dmaengine: bcm2835: Add slave dma support Message-ID: <20151218080329.GX1854@localhost> References: <20151218060526.GW1854@localhost> <54C5C021-6733-412D-8E2C-0118F786465F@martin.sperl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54C5C021-6733-412D-8E2C-0118F786465F@martin.sperl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1076 Lines: 26 On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 08:27:52AM +0100, Martin Sperl wrote: > > > On 18.12.2015, at 07:05, Vinod Koul wrote: > > Most of this part is common with the cyclic and seems copy paste. Can we > > use common routine to do common work please > > I agree - can have a look - the big question is: how would I document the > individual changes by Gellert Weisz and myself correctly? > * just a single patch with an attribution tag (which?) or just a commit message? > * Patchset with 2 patches: the original by Gellert Weisz (this) > plus the modification to consolidate the code above? There are lot of patches were original contributors moved away. In the change log please say original written by <> and modified for upstream by you. That way you retain credit for original changes done Thanks -- ~Vinod -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/