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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Feb 2018 18:09:39 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: codecs: Add support for AK5558 ADC driver
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On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 5:06 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 04:46:56PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 3:48 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Junichi Wakasugi <wakasugi.jb@om.asahi-kasei.co.jp>
>> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Mihai Serban <mihai.serban@nxp.com>
>> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@nxp.com>
>> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@nxp.com>
>
>> > Honestly the signoffs above are nothing unusual for a driver contributed
>> > by a vendor - things are often bouncing around internally for ages and
>> > it's good to keep credits for people.
>
>> We have Co-developed-by: for the authors.
>
> Which doesn't really get much use

True... (13 entries so far)

>  and in this case where it looks like
> the code has flowed from AKM to NXP the DCO bit is pretty important.

...though it doesn't replace SoB, it adds a bit of information to it
(points to the authors of the module).


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko