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Date:	Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:33:29 +0530
From:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:	Martin Sperl <kernel@...tin.sperl.org>
Cc:	dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-rpi-kernel <linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
	jonathan@...pberrypi.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2] dmaengine: bcm2835: Add slave dma support

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 08:27:52AM +0100, Martin Sperl wrote:
> 
> > On 18.12.2015, at 07:05, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com> wrote:

> > Most of this part is common with the cyclic and seems copy paste. Can we
> > use common routine to do common work please
> 
> I agree - can have a look - the big question is: how would I document the 
> individual changes by Gellert Weisz and myself correctly?
> * just a single patch with an attribution tag (which?) or just a commit message?
> * Patchset with 2 patches: the original by Gellert Weisz (this)
>   plus the modification to consolidate the code above?

There are lot of patches were original contributors moved away. In the change
log please say original written by <> and modified for upstream by you.

That way you retain credit for original changes done

Thanks
-- 
~Vinod
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