linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (nct6683) Add another customer ID for NCT6687D sensor chip on some MSI boards.

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Date:   Fri, 19 May 2023 19:23:43 +0530
From:   llyyr <llyyr.public@...il.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (nct6683) Add another customer ID for NCT6687D
 sensor chip on some MSI boards.

On 5/19/23 19:21, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 07:16:53PM +0530, llyyr wrote:
>> On 5/19/23 18:23, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 09:50:25AM +0530, Gopal Prasad wrote:
>>>> From: llyyr <llyyr.public@...il.com>
>>>>
>>>
>>> The above is still wrong. Never mind, I fixed that.
>>
>> I wasn't sure about it, but I checked and I'm pretty sure pseudonyms are
>> allowed [1]. Is the problem here that my online handle not have a first name
>> and a last name part?
>>
>> * https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v6.3/process/submitting-patches.html#developer-s-certificate-of-origin-1-1
>>
> 
> "... using a known identity (sorry, no anonymous contributions.)"
>                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Are you making that up ?
> 
> Guenter

An online handle is not an anonymous contribution. Pseudonyms were 
explicitly mentioned in a previous version but removed later [1].

Besides, there are plenty of linux contributors commiting under 
pseudonyms like Asahi Lina.

* 
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.17/process/submitting-patches.html#developer-s-certificate-of-origin-1-1