linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Touch Bar and Keyboard backlight driver for Intel Macs

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VcccQZb+HadJunXmtCR0j--rnkbe-_FW3DHeU+H5F92mg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2023 13:12:06 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Orlando Chamberlain <orlandoch.dev@...il.com>
Cc:     Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@...e.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        "jkosina@...e.cz" <jkosina@...e.cz>,
        "benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com" <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        "ronald@...ovation.ch" <ronald@...ovation.ch>,
        "kekrby@...il.com" <kekrby@...il.com>,
        Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@...ch.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Touch Bar and Keyboard backlight driver for Intel Macs

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:47 PM Orlando Chamberlain
<orlandoch.dev@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:41:07 +0000
> Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@...e.com> wrote:

...

> > > Quick observation. Do you miss the Co-developed-by: tags in the
> > > patches?
> >
> > Most of the changes are minor in the 1st and 2nd patch, we haven't
> > changed most of the code. The changes were written as per the
> > documentation given in
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/maintainer/modifying-patches.html
> >
> > Do you think a Co-developed-by is still required?
> >
> > The third patch was actually written by 2 people, so there is a
> > Co-developed-by there.
> >
>
> To add onto this, for patches 1 and 2, as we haven't been able to
> contact the original author (Ronald), I think the only ways we are
> allowed to make changes are either doing them in separate patches, or
> with the [name <email>: changes] tags. For the latter I thought you had
> to do a Signed-off-by after it, but given the changes aren't just to
> make the patch apply on a newer version, do you think the
> Co-developed-by tag is also needed?

I'm not insisting, just asking :-) So, if you think it's not needed, fine to me!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko