From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darren Etheridge Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:14:20 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/24] video/da8xx-fb fbdev driver enhance to support TI am335x SoC Message-Id: <20130802221420.GG17271@ti.com> List-Id: References: <1375208791-15781-1-git-send-email-detheridge@ti.com> In-Reply-To: <1375208791-15781-1-git-send-email-detheridge@ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Darren Etheridge wrote on Thu [2013-Aug-01 09:06:50 -0500]: > Tomi Valkeinen wrote on Wed [2013-Jul-31 13:04:33 +0300]: > > Hi, > > > > On 30/07/13 21:26, Darren Etheridge wrote: > > > Changes in v2: > > > Addressing review comments from Tomi Valkeinen: > > > Dropped readl/writel patch > > > Many cosmetic changes to make code easier to understand > > > > > > > > > This is primarily a resend of a series of patches that were original > > > submitted to linux-fbdev back in January of 2013 for 3.8 by Afzal > > > Mohammed. I have rebased them on 3.10 and also made sure they > > > apply cleanly to the 'for-next' branch of linux-fbdev git. > > > The patches enable use of the current mainline da8xx-fb driver on the > > > TI AM335x SOC along with some bug fixes and cleanup. > > > > > > The original patch series can be found here: > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fbdev/list/?submitter9101 > > > if you want to see the history. > > > > Comments on the whole series: > > > > Most of the patches are originally from Afzal. I believe some of the > > patches are unchanged, but some are changed by you. In cases like this > > you should pick one of the following options for each patch: > > > > - If the patch is unchanged, send the patch as it is, having From: Afzal > > line there. > > > > - If you have changed the patch, send the patch having From: Afzal line, > > but marking in the description that you've changed it (and what you > > did). This should be done if the changes are small. > > > > - If you changed a lot in the patch, send the patch with yourself as the > > author, signed off by only you, but mention that it's based on Afzal's work. > > The point here is that if you change the patch, it's no longer Afzal's > > original patch. Afzal hasn't reviewed it, so signed-off-by Afzal is not > > correct. You could've introduced horrible bugs in the patch, and I'm > > sure Afzal doesn't want to see that a patch in the kernel introducing > > horrible bugs is from him (when it is not from him). > Understood, and I have made the changes accordingly in the updated > series I am preparing. > Tomi, I will be sending the updated series on Monday. I have also now integrated Prabhakar Lad's devm_ changes, just doing testing now. Thanks, Darren