linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: dts: S32G3: Introduce device tree for S32G-VNP-RDB3

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Message-ID: <f4f23f46-7821-4e71-9b9d-1466bd92efc6@linaro.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:24:11 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Ghennadi Procopciuc <ghennadi.procopciuc@....nxp.com>,
 Wadim Mueller <wafgo01@...il.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
 Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
 Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>, NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
 Chester Lin <chester62515@...il.com>, Andreas Färber
 <afaerber@...e.de>, Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@...e.com>,
 NXP S32 Linux Team <s32@....com>, Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com>,
 Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>,
 Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>,
 Gregor Herburger <gregor.herburger@...tq-group.com>,
 Marco Felsch <m.felsch@...gutronix.de>,
 Joao Paulo Goncalves <joao.goncalves@...adex.com>,
 Markus Niebel <Markus.Niebel@...tq-group.com>,
 Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@...group.com>,
 Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...rgebyte.com>,
 Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, Josua Mayer <josua@...id-run.com>,
 Yannic Moog <y.moog@...tec.de>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: dts: S32G3: Introduce device tree for
 S32G-VNP-RDB3

On 20/03/2024 09:24, Ghennadi Procopciuc wrote:
> On 3/20/24 09:49, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 20/03/2024 08:00, Ghennadi Procopciuc wrote:
>>> On 3/20/24 00:16, Wadim Mueller wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32g3.dtsi
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Copyright 2021-2023 NXP
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Authors: Ghennadi Procopciuc <ghennadi.procopciuc@....com>
>>>> + *          Ciprian Costea <ciprianmarian.costea@....com>
>>>> + *          Andra-Teodora Ilie <andra.ilie@....com>
>>>
>>> This pollutes the content of the file. Please make them part of the
>>> commit description using 'Signed-off-by' tags.
>>>
>>
>> No, that's not how process works. SoB are part of DCO and Ghennadi is
>> allowed to skip them. Just read the DCO. Don't add fake SoB tags just
>> because someone wants...
>>
>> Nothing is polluted in the file. That's what this section you have (if
>> someone wants).
>>
> 
> I apologize for not getting it right earlier. After reviewing the
> information available at [0], I noticed that it suggests using
> Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by when a patch has multiple
> contributors. However, I could not find any mention of the 'Authors'
> section in the file although it seems to be a common practice.

submitting-patches describes the process, thus also patches, but not the
Linux code. Whatever is in the C/H/DTS/SH/COCCI code, is independent.

Best regards,
Krzysztof