Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] Add Radxa CM5 and IO Board

[Dragan Simic]

Hello all,

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025 12:52 CET, FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki at radxa.com> wrote:
> On 11/6/25 02:48, Joseph Kogut wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki at radxa.com> wrote:
> >> I'd like to clarify the situation regarding the v6 patch series I submitted.
> >>
> >> The original device tree work for the Radxa CM5 and IO Board was
> >> authored by Joseph Kogut. I took over the responsibility of getting it
> >> upstreamed with his agreement.
> > 
> > I'll confirm this. I've been in communication with Naoki. They made a
> > large number of revisions to my original patch series, which I think
> > have technical merit. I suggested they submit the patches themselves,
> > and gave them explicit permission to add my Signed-off-by and CC me.
> > 
> > I assume this was the correct way for them to continue the work I
> > started, but if not, please let us know the best way to proceed.
> 
> Can anyone help us?

I'm not exactly sure how to resolve the current situation, but for
Signed-off-by tags to be present, in this case you'd need to have
Co-developed-by tags as well, because the final patch versions,
which would be submitted by Naoki, would differ significantly from
the versions that Joseph actively worked on, if I understood
everything correctly.  Though, for Joseph's Signed-off-by tags to
be included there, he would also need to participate actively in
the development of the final patch versions.

Another option, technically a bit simpler, would be to include just
Originally-by tags for Joseph, which would indicate that Joseph gave
up on the development of the patches and handed them over to Naoki
for future development and submission to the mailing lists. Though,
that would require Joseph to publicly state exactly that.