linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 1/2] serial: exar: split out the exar code from 8250

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Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 16:08:18 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc:     Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 1/2] serial: exar: split out the exar code from 8250_pci

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com> wrote:
> On 2017-01-30 23:28, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
>> From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
>>
>> Add the serial driver for the Exar chips. And also register the
>> platform device for the GPIO provided by the Exar chips.
>
> "Also" means you are doing two things in one patch - was this already
> discussed and accepted in previous review rounds? If so, ignore my
> comment, but I would have asked for two patches, one that just
> translates the existing code and another that adds this new feature.

Since it's already in Greg's tty-next, no point to fix anymore this
particular part.
However, you are right that few lines of code might be split to a
separate change.

>> +/*
>> + *  Probe module for 8250/16550-type Exar chips PCI serial ports.
>> + *
>> + *  Based on drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c,
>> + *
>> + *  Copyright (C) 2017 Sudip Mukherjee, All Rights Reserved.
>
> It's legally cleaner to carry over the copyright notice from the
> original file, unless you rewrote everything (unlikely on first glance).
> You may still add yours to the list for the significant contributions.
>
> BTW, are you personally the copyright holder or your employer Codethink?
> Depends on your contractual situation, but the former is less common.

This is good comment and I think it needs to be addressed (as a
separate change due to above).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko