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

[Dragan Simic]

Hello Naoki,

On Wednesday, November 12, 2025 00:26 CET, FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki at radxa.com> wrote:
> On 11/11/25 23:33, Dragan Simic wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#when-to-use-acked-by-cc-and-co-developed-by
> 
> If
> ----
> From: Joseph Kogut <joseph.kogut at gmail.com>
> 
> <changelog>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph.kogut at gmail.com>
> Co-developed-by: FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki at radxa.com>
> Signed-off-by: FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki at radxa.com>
> ----
> then I can submit my patch series?

Actually, the Co-developed-by tags would be pointing to Joseph
in that case, but as I described it above, this approach basically
cannot be used, because Joseph's original work differs a lot from
what you'd actually submit to the mailing list(s).

> Or,
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I cannot find any documentation about "Originally-by".
> Is this correct?
> ----
> <changelog>
> 
> Originally-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph.kogut at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki at radxa.com>
> ----

That approach is the only I see applicable in this case.  However,
let's hear opinions from other people as well.

By the way, what you called changelogs in the examples above is
usually called patch descriptions.  When they become merged, they
become called commit descriptions or, sometimes, commit messages.
Using the standard lingo usually helps. :)