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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ACPI / EC: Clear stale EC events on Samsung systems
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On Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:15:05 AM Kieran Clancy wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote:
> > On Thursday, February 27, 2014 02:12:40 AM Kieran Clancy wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Kieran Clancy <clancy.kieran@gmail.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Juan Manuel Cabo <juanmanuel.cabo@gmail.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Dennis Jansen <dennis.jansen@web.de>
> >
> > There are too many sign-offs under this patch. I suppose some of them
> > should be Acked-by or Reviewed-by.
> >
> > Are you the author?
>
> Sorry about that, I wasn't sure of the best way to acknowledge the
> people involved.
>
> I am the primary author, but I based the loop which calls
> acpi_ec_query_unlocked() on a patch by Lan Tianyu. Juan provided the
> initial idea (userspace workaround), and Dennis and Lan Tianyu
> reviewed and suggested some changes to the code.
>
> What would you usually do this kind of situation?

I usually add acknowledgements to the changelog without using any tags,
like "This patch is based on previous work by <somebody>." And then you
can give a link to that work in References:.

> I suppose I could put something such as:
>
> Signed-off-by: Kieran Clancy <clancy.kieran@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com>
> Suggested-by: Juan Manuel Cabo <juanmanuel.cabo@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dennis Jansen <dennis.jansen@web.de>
>
> Would this be preferable?

Yes, that'd be fine by me.

Thanks!

--
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.


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