you could keep his patch as-is for 1st commit, then alter it afterwards to address issues. And cc: author in the msgs then review might suggest you squash them in, or not.. On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 3:44 PM Patryk <pbiel7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > I've got a question - what can I do with a patch that was submitted > some time ago (about a year ago) but after the review was abandoned by > the author for no obvious reason? Perhaps, the author did not have > time to finalize upstream and started working on something else. Can I > take such a patch, clean up according to the comments and send it > again? If so, how can I provide / retain the information about the > original patch author? This patch still seems to be useful as it adds > the support for a device that is still in production. Moreover, I will > probably need this patch in my project. Will be grateful for some > advice. > > Best regards > Patryk > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
