Re: [PATCH v4 03/15] pinctrl: bcm: add bcm63xx base code

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On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 2:28 PM Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > El 4 mar 2021, a las 13:09, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:17 PM Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> El 4 mar 2021, a las 11:43, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> >>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:57 AM Álvaro Fernández Rojas
> >>> <noltari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Add a helper for registering BCM63XX pin controllers.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>> This SoB is in a strange place.
> >>
> >> Why?
> >> Can’t we both sign the patches?
> >
> > You can, but you have to follow the rules (see chapters 11-13 in the [1]).
> >
> >>> The order is wrong taking into account the From header (committer). So,
> >>> it's not clear who is the author, who is a co-developer, and who is
> >>> the committer (one person may utilize few roles).
> >>> Check for the rest of the series as well (basically this is the rule
> >>> of thumb to recheck entire code for the comment you have got at any
> >>> single place of it).
> >>
> >> Jonas was the original author of this patches (sent back in 2016) and I’m just continuing his work and trying to get those patches upstreamed.
> >> I don’t know how to do it correctly, so a little hint would be appreciated.
> >
> > There are two ways (depends on the amount of work you have done):
> > - leave him as an original author (so Author field will have his name,
> > not yours) and apply yours with Co-developed-by tag and SoB since you
> > are co-developed and committed
> > - other way around
>
> So I will move his SoB to the top, add a Co-developed-by referencing him before that and then leave my SoB as the last one.

Yes, if it is what you, guys, agreed on and want to have.
Something like this.

Co-developed-by: Jonas
SoB: Jonas
SoB: you (and From in the email should be yours as one who submitted the change)

> @Jonas are you OK with that?

> > [1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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