From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thor Thayer Subject: Re: [PATCHv8 1/4] EDAC, altera: Add Altera L2 Cache and OCRAM EDAC Support Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:05:51 -0600 Message-ID: <56A2A7BF.1000307@opensource.altera.com> References: <1453397668-32094-1-git-send-email-tthayer@opensource.altera.com> <56A1C5DE.1080501@mentor.com> <56A24C34.3000303@opensource.altera.com> <56A25F59.5070306@mentor.com> <20160122180830.GH9806@pd.tnic> Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160122180830.GH9806-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Borislav Petkov , Vladimir Zapolskiy Cc: dougthompson-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, m.chehab-Sze3O3UU22JBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org, robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, pawel.moll-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, ijc+devicetree-KcIKpvwj1kUDXYZnReoRVg@public.gmane.org, galak-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org, linux-lFZ/pmaqli7XmaaqVzeoHQ@public.gmane.org, dinguyen-yzvPICuk2ABMcg4IHK0kFoH6Mc4MB0Vx@public.gmane.org, grant.likely-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-doc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-edac-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, tthayer.linux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 01/22/2016 12:08 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 06:56:57PM +0200, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote: >> it sounds like the author of the original change is Dinh, but if you agreed >> about authorship transfer, then "From: Thor Thayer" statement should be >> correct, but in any case your SoB should follow Dinh's SoB, if you decide to >> keep the latter one. >> >> This consideration may apply to the other changes in the changeset as well. > > So the patch author should be in the From: > > If Thor has changed the original patch considerably, then you Thor and > Dinh could decide amongst each other who should be the author. > > If Thor becomes the author and lands in From:, then the commit message > could state something like "based on original work from Dinh" or > "Originally-from: Dinh" and so on. "git log" has some examples. > > The SOB chain shows who handled the patch on its way upstream. So in > this case, it should be: > > SOB: Dinh (if From: is Dinh - otherwise Originally-by:) > SOB: Thor > SOB: Boris > > if I'm going to pick it up and send it to Linus. > > Ok? > OK. Thank you for the explanation, it is much clearer now. I apologize for creating this confusion. I was the original author for the previous versions of patches (1-6) but since I was out for a portion of last year, Dinh picked up version 7 and submitted it. Since I'm taking it back over, Dinh and I agreed that I'll be the only signoff from now on. Additionally, I'll make sure I'm the From: going forward. Thor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html