linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/16] IOMMU driver for Kirin 960/970

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Message-ID: <20200817093134.GA11250@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:31:34 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linuxarm@...wei.com, mauro.chehab@...wei.com,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Wei Xu <xuwei5@...ilicon.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Chenfeng <puck.chen@...ilicon.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Suzhuangluan <suzhuangluan@...ilicon.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] IOMMU driver for Kirin 960/970

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:27:25AM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> I need to start from the original patch in order to preserve its
> authorship.

Nom you don't.  We have plenty of example where people submit code
written by other, especially when it is significantly reworked,

> My plan is to work with the iommu subsystem maintainers after
> have this (and another pending patch series for DRM) merged.

Please submit it to the iommu list directly.  Seriously - you did not
even cc the relevant list, and you don't even have a comment from
the maintainers.  Don't do this kind of crap.