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From:   Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@gmail.com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
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        Parthiban Nallathambi <pn@denx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] irqchip: Add Actions Semi Owl SIRQ controller
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:19:31AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 2020-09-14 09:51, Cristian Ciocaltea wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 09:07:18AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > > Cristian,
> > > 
> > > On 2020-09-14 08:02, Cristian Ciocaltea wrote:
> > > > Hi Marc,
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 05:22:41PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > > > > On 2020-09-08 09:20, Cristian Ciocaltea wrote:
> > > > > > This interrupt controller is found in the Actions Semi Owl SoCs (S500,
> > > > > > S700 and S900) and provides support for handling up to 3 external
> > > > > > interrupt lines.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Each line can be independently configured as interrupt and triggers on
> > > > > > either of the edges or either of the levels. Additionally, each line
> > > > > > can also be masked individually.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The patch is based on the work started by Parthiban Nallathambi:
> > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181126100356.2840578-1-pn@denx.de/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Parthiban Nallathambi <pn@denx.de>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Saravanan Sekar <sravanhome@gmail.com>
> > > > > > [cristi: optimized DT, various fixes/cleanups/improvements]
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@gmail.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Who is the author of these patches? If this is a co-development,
> > > > > please
> > > > > use the relevant tags. Otherwise, the author of the patch must come as
> > > > > the first SoB.
> > > >
> > > > I took the authorship for the driver patch, as mentioned in the cover
> > > > letter. So, if I understand correctly, my SoB should be moved on top and
> > > > I assume I also need to drop the related comment line.
> > > 
> > > Not quite. Please look at
> > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.
> > 
> > Yes, I have read it, but most probably I missed the information that
> > clarifies this authorship change handling.
> > 
> > > If Parthiban and Saravanan haven't authored anything in this patch,
> > > then drop them from the SoB list.
> > 
> > Sorry I haven't properly explained this before!
> > 
> > Their contributions to the driver code stopped in 2018, when v3 of the
> > patch series has been submitted.
> > 
> > > If they have contributed to the
> > > patch (which I expect), then their SoB must be preceded by their own
> > > Co-developed-by: tag.
> > 
> > Starting with v4, the work has been done exclusively by myself.
> > 
> > > To sum it up, it probably should look like:
> > > 
> > > Co-developed-by: Parthiban Nallathambi <pn@denx.de>
> > > Signed-off-by: Parthiban Nallathambi <pn@denx.de>
> > > Co-developed-by: Saravanan Sekar <sravanhome@gmail.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Saravanan Sekar <sravanhome@gmail.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@gmail.com>
> > > 
> > > This is of course an assumption, and you should check it with the
> > > individuals above.
> > 
> > I have recently contacted Parthiban and he agreed that I can take the
> > authorship. So I should proceed with the 1st approach?
> 
> The authorship of the patch is one thing, acknowledging the work done
> by others is another. As you said above, you started by contributing to
> an existing series, instead of writing it from scratch. You changed it
> to a degree where it makes sense for you to be the author of the patches,
> but it doesn't invalidate the contributions made by others before you.
> 
> Unless the two other contributors explicitly say they'd rather not be
> named, I don't see how you can avoid mentioning them.
 
I just want to do the right thing and follow the recommended procedure.
That's why I initially kept all the SoBs, but obviously I still missed
some bits and pieces, as you have pointed out.

So I will add the indicated Co-developed-by tags and resend the series.

> Thanks,
> 
>       M.
> -- 
> Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...

Thanks a lot for all the clarifications,
Cristi