linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] platform/x86: i2c-multi-instantiate: Move it to drivers/acpi folder

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Date:   Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:26:01 +0100
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Stefan Binding <sbinding@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Mark Gross <markgross@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...nsource.cirrus.com,
        Lucas Tanure <tanureal@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] platform/x86: i2c-multi-instantiate: Move it to
 drivers/acpi folder

Hi,

On 12/10/21 18:59, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 03:40:47PM +0000, Stefan Binding wrote:
>> From: Lucas Tanure <tanureal@...nsource.cirrus.com>
>>
>> Moving I2C multi instantiate driver to drivers/acpi folder for
>> upcoming conversion into a generic bus multi instantiate
>> driver for SPI and I2C
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lucas Tanure <tanureal@...nsource.cirrus.com>
>> ---
> 
> You've not provided a Signed-off-by for this so people can't do anything
> with it, please see Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for
> details on what this is and why it's important.

To clarify this, what I believe that Mark means here is that if you
submit a patch which was originally authored by someone else, then
you should add your own (the submitters) Signed-off-by after the
author's Signed-off-by.

The idea is that each person directly touching the patch (rather
then merging a branch which has the patch) adds its S-o-b to the
patch. You will also always see sub-system maintainers add their
own S-o-b at the end when they pick up the patch from the list
and then apply it to their own tree (and possibly resolve
conflicts or touch up things a bit).

Regards,

Hans