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

[FUKAUMI Naoki]

Hi Dragan, Joseph,

On 11/12/25 09:46, Dragan Simic wrote:
> 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.

I see. I want to do this approach.

Joseph, could you give me a statement to do this?

--
FUKAUMI Naoki
Radxa Computer (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

> 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. :)
> 
>