Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] dt-bindings: arm:?==?utf-8?q? rockchip: Add Radxa CM5 IO Board

[Dragan Simic]

Hello Heiko,

On Friday, November 14, 2025 11:08 CET, Heiko Stübner <heiko at sntech.de> wrote:
> Am Freitag, 14. November 2025, 09:32:29 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb Dragan Simic:
> > On Friday, November 14, 2025 09:24 CET, FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki at radxa.com> wrote:
> > > On 11/14/25 16:51, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > > On 14/11/2025 08:47, FUKAUMI Naoki wrote:
> > > >> On 11/14/25 16:42, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > >>> On 14/11/2025 08:37, FUKAUMI Naoki wrote:
> > > >>>> Hi Krzysztof,
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On 11/14/25 16:12, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > >>>>> On 05/11/2025 08:08, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > >>>>>> On 05/11/2025 07:57, FUKAUMI Naoki wrote:
> > > >>>>>>> On 11/5/25 15:43, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>> On 05/11/2025 06:13, FUKAUMI Naoki wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>> Add device tree binding documentation for the Radxa CM5 IO Board.
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Link: https://dl.radxa.com/cm5/radxa_cm5_product_brief.pdf
> > > >>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki at radxa.com>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Joseph Kogut <joseph.kogut at gmail.com>
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> Wrong DCO chain.
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> ---
> > > >>>>>>>>>      Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/rockchip.yaml | 7 +++++++
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> NAK, you just stolen ownership of an already posted patch.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> Read "Changes in v6" and patches; my patches are not the same as v5.
> > > >>>>>>> Your reply is totally inappropriate.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Inappropriate is taking authorship of someone's patch, because we all
> > > >>>>>> expect to preserve the original authorship. That's not only basic
> > > >>>>>> decency but actually a standard.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Additionally, read Joseph's reply that he wants to continue the work:
> > > >>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMWSM7iHtAxewW4JkRqRsifVnccqeFviaCgeOyprKDr92FOurg@mail.gmail.com/
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> You clearly do not understand how to continue with someone's work.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> It is still a NAK.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> And I still wait for justification why you took authorship of this
> > > >>>>> patch, because to my eye you changed here nothing.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> So what did you change HERE that you think you are the author now?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Changes in v6:
> > > >>>> (Patch 1/3)
> > > >>>> - Fix description; "Radxa CM5" is the correct name
> > > >>>
> > > >>> HERE, in this patch. Don't paste me hundreds of unrelated code. Write
> > > >>> concise and precise answers/comments.
> > > >>
> > > >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/AE0735A6C797CCFF+10496d73-7c0a-4884-9561-24721305a24f@radxa.com/
> > > >>
> > > >> | By the way, at some point I switched from "continuing your work" to
> > > >> | "recreating a new one based on my current work." The results of my
> > > >> | current work(*3) have changed significantly.
> > > > 
> > > > So next time I will take your patch, your code, say "I recreated it" and
> > > > submit under my authorship and for you it is fine?
> > > 
> > > Regarding CM5 patches, I'm fine.
> > > 
> > > > Please take Joseph's patch instead. Read submitting patches doc to
> > > > understand which one more tag has to be added when sending somoene
> > > > else's work.
> > > > 
> > > > In the future, I sincerely suggest avoiding re-creating people's work
> > > > but building on top, because you just duplicate the effort.
> > > 
> > > I understand that you don't understand how I made efforts to build my 
> > > work on top of Joseph's patches.
> > 
> > Maybe a solution for this huge mess could be that Naoki submits
> > unmodified patches from Joseph first, using the standard procedure
> > for that, and then the additional patch(es) that improve Joseph's
> > work?  All that in the same series.
> 
> There is also Co-developed-by as an option.

Ah, that's what the above-described option #1 involves, but it also 
raises some possible concerns, described in one of my responses. [1]

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/c01b756a-73ea-3d0d-44b9-6ce8a535a103@manjaro.org/