[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add single register pin controller driver

[Felix Brack]

Hello Simon,

On 16.03.2017 23:52, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 11 March 2017 at 04:52, James <james at balean.com.au> wrote:
>> Hi Felix,
>>
>> Not 'hijacking' a patch, just following Linux Developer's Certificate of
>> Origin 1.1 guidelines.
>>
>> As you know, I contacted you directly with this patch suggestion prior to
>> posting to the mailing list (keeping strictly to rule c). I had hoped you
>> would make a new version:
>>
>>> On 09.03.2017 08:53, James Balean wrote:
>>>> Did you want to test/submit this?
>>
>> Perhaps I misinterpreted your response, which stated:
>>
>> On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 at 04:13, Felix Brack <fb at ltec.ch> wrote:
>>> This and probably more has to be accessible by _all_ mailing list
>> subscribers. Please post there.
>>
>> This was confusing, as I could see no way to convert this work to a patch
>> of your unapproved v2 patch (being new to this process).
>>
>> On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 at 00:07, Felix Brack <fb at ltec.ch> wrote:
>>> Remove this "Signed-off-by" tag as I neither made nor tested these
>> modifications.
>>
>> My understanding from the 'submitting patches' guide is that the square
>> bracket nomenclature I used indicates minor changes to an existing patch,
>> thereby providing you with credit whilst also denoting that you do not
>> endorse the changes.
>>
>>> What if I fix a
>> bug in my v2 patch? Should I then increase from v2 to v4?
>>
>> Perhaps someone can clarify, but it seems logical that the version number
>> is in order of contribution to the project, rather than being tied to any
>> specific user. Especially given the software license it is under.
> 
> It is better to make comments on the patch and let the original author
> respin it. If you have not heard after a week then I suppose you can
> resend it with the changes, i.w.c. I think you DO need to keep the
> original author's sign-off and increment the version.
>



> Felix, are you planning to resend this?
>

Yes, I will try to do so next week.

Regards Felix