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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] ethernet: igb: e1000_phy: Check for ops.force_speed_duplex existence
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Dear Jakub, dear Greg,


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?


Kind regards,

Paul

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