Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:05:39 -0800 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] ethernet: igb: e1000_phy: Check for ops.force_speed_duplex existence |
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On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:55:19 +0100 Paul Menzel wrote: > Am 05.01.21 um 18:25 schrieb Greg KH: > > On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 06:16:59PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > >> Am 03.11.20 um 19:39 schrieb Jakub Kicinski: > >>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 08:35:09 +0100 Paul Menzel wrote: > >>>> According to *Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1* [3], it’s my > >>>> understanding, that it is *not* required. The items (a), (b), and (c) > >>>> are connected by an *or*. > >>>> > >>>>> (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best > >>>>> of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source > >>>>> license and I have the right under that license to submit that > >>>>> work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part > >>>>> by me, under the same open source license (unless I am > >>>>> permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated > >>>>> in the file; or > >>> > >>> Ack, but then you need to put yourself as the author, because it's > >>> you certifying that the code falls under (b). > >>> > >>> At least that's my understanding. > >> > >> Greg, can you please clarify, if it’s fine, if I upstream a patch authored > >> by somebody else and distributed under the GPLv2? I put them as the author > >> and signed it off. > > > > You can't add someone else's signed-off-by, but you can add your own and > > keep them as the author, has happened lots of time in the past. > > > > Or, you can make the From: line be from you if the original author > > doesn't want their name/email in the changelog, we've done that as well, > > both are fine. > > Greg, thank you for the clarification. > > Jakub, with that out of the way, can you please take patch 2/2?
Please repost the patches, if you know how please add a lore link to this posting, thanks!
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