[PATCH v1 4/5] PCI: endpoint: Add NVMe endpoint function driver

Damien Le Moal dlemoal at kernel.org
Wed Oct 9 01:16:57 PDT 2024


On 10/9/24 16:28, Rick Wertenbroek wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 12:26 PM Damien Le Moal <dlemoal at kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/7/24 19:12, Niklas Cassel wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 01:43:50PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>>>> From: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal at opensource.wdc.com>
>>>
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>>> Early versions of this driver code were based on an RFC submission by
>>>> Alan Mikhak <alan.mikhak at sifive.com> (https://lwn.net/Articles/804369/).
>>>> The code however has since been completely rewritten.
>>>
>>> Here you state that the code has been completely rewritten...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Co-developed-by: Rick Wertenbroek <rick.wertenbroek at gmail.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Rick Wertenbroek <rick.wertenbroek at gmail.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal at opensource.wdc.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  MAINTAINERS                                   |    7 +
>>>>  drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/Kconfig        |    9 +
>>>>  drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/Makefile       |    1 +
>>>>  drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-nvme.c | 2489 +++++++++++++++++
>>>>  4 files changed, 2506 insertions(+)
>>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-nvme.c
>>>
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-nvme.c
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,2489 @@
>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * NVMe function driver for PCI Endpoint Framework
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2019 SiFive
>>>
>>> ...yet here you claim Copyright (C) SiFive.
>>>
>>> *If* the code has been completely rewritten, then you probably should
>>> put yourself and/or your current employeer as the copyright holder.
>>
>> Oops. One thing I forgot to rewrite :)
>> Will change the copyright in v2.
> 
> Hello Damien.
> Thank you for acknowledging my contributions in the commit message. I
> would appreciate it if you could add both our names in the copyright
> for the v2, I don't mind not being in the MODULE_AUTHOR() but I would
> appreciate a mention in the header comment of the file, thank you.

Sure, no problem. Would a copyright with your name only (no affiliation) be OK ?

> 
> Best regards,
> Rick
> 
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Niklas
>>
>>
>> --
>> Damien Le Moal
>> Western Digital Research


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research



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