Re: [PATCH 2/2] ethernet: igb: e1000_phy: Check for ops.force_speed_duplex existence

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 06:16:59PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Jakub, dear Greg,
> 
> 
> 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.

thanks,

greg k-h