Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: sun8i: h3: orangepi-plus: Fix Ethernet PHY mode

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date: Thu May 20 2021 - 14:50:10 EST


Hi,

On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 11:24:18AM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> On 2021-05-18, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:25:40PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 05:06:52PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> >> > On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 01:18:44PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> >> > > On 2021-05-16, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> >> > > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 09:51:17AM +0100, Jernej Škrabec wrote:
> >> > > >> Let me first explain that it was oversight on my side not noticing initials in
> >> > > >> your SoB tag. But since the issue was raised by Maxime, I didn't follow up.
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> Dne sobota, 13. februar 2021 ob 07:51:32 CET je B.R. Oake napisal(a):
> >> > > >> > On Wed Feb 10 at 16:01:18 CET 2021, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> >> > > >> > > Unfortunately we can't take this patch as is, this needs to be your real
> >> > > >> > > name, see:
> >> > > >> > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#de
> >> > > >> > > veloper-s-certificate-of-origin-1-1
> >> > > >> > Dear Maxime,
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > Thank you very much for considering my contribution and for all your
> >> > > >> > work on supporting sunxi-based hardware; I appreciate it.
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > Thank you for referring me to the Developer's Certificate of Origin, but
> >> > > >> > I had already read it before submitting (I had to do so in order to know
> >> > > >> > what I was saying by "Signed-off-by:") and I do certify what it says.
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > Looking through recent entries in the commit log of the mainline kernel,
> >> > > >> > I see several patches from authors such as:
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> > B K Karthik <karthik.bk2000@xxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> > JC Kuo <jckuo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> > EJ Hsu <ejh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> > LH Lin <lh.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> > KP Singh <kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> > Karthik B S <karthik.b.s@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> > Shreyas NC <shreyas.nc@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> > Vandana BN <bnvandana@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > so I believe names of this form are in fact acceptable, even if the
> >> > > >> > style might seem a little old-fashioned to some.
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> Speaking generally, not only for this case, prior art arguments rarely hold,
> >> > > >> because:
> >> > > >> - it might be oversight,
> >> > > >> - it might be a bad practice, which should not be followed in new
> >> > > >> contributions,
> >> > > >> - different maintainers have different point of view on same thing,
> >> > > >> - maintainer wants to adapt new practice or steer subsystem in new direction
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> > I would like to add that I have met many people with names such as C.J.,
> >> > > >> > A A, TC, MG, etc. That is what everybody calls them and it would be
> >> > > >> > natural for them to sign themselves that way. Some of them might want to
> >> > > >> > contribute to Linux some day, and I think it would be a great shame and
> >> > > >> > a loss to all of us if they were discouraged from doing so by reading
> >> > > >> > our conversation in the archives and concluding that any contribution
> >> > > >> > from them, however small, would be summarily refused simply because of
> >> > > >> > their name. Please could you ensure that does not happen?
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> The link you posted says following:
> >> > > >> "using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)"
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> I believe that real name means no initials, no matter what people are
> >> > > >> accustomed to. From my point of view, CJ is pseudonym derived from real name.
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> This is not the first time that fix of SoB tag was requested, you can find such
> >> > > >> requests in ML archives.
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm sure this isn't the first time this sort of thing has been brought
> >> > > up on this subject, but I feel obliged to mention:
> >> > >
> >> > > https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
> >> > >
> >> > > This seems to be blocked on culturally dependent perception of what
> >> > > looks like a "real name" as opposed to any technical grounds.
> >> > >
> >> > > What is the goal of the "real name" in Signed-off-by actually trying to
> >> > > achieve?
> >> >
> >> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#developer-s-certificate-of-origin-1-1
> >> >
> >> > I'm not the one making the rules, sorry
> >>
> >> Would it be technically possible to do the following: Based on the
> >> downstream report we receved in Debian in
> >> https://bugs.debian.org/988574 wrap up the same patch (I guess I will
> >> need to use another commit message wording) and resubmit with my own
> >> SoB with my downstream hat on and say a Tested-by from Vagrant? So we
> >> are not blocked on the SoB issue from this original post of the change
> >> to apply to arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-h3-orangepi-plus.dts ?
> >
> > Here is an attempt to do that and coming from
> > https://bugs.debian.org/988574 for the change change submission.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Salvatore
> >
> > From 93c335c997d6386fc5cb7b9c5621b9b9725de20e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 22:33:49 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] ARM: dts: sun8i: h3: orangepi-plus: Fix ethernet phy-mode
> >
> > Commit bbc4d71d6354 ("net: phy: realtek: fix rtl8211e rx/tx delay
> > config") sets the RX/TX delay according to the phy-mode property in the
> > device tree. For the Orange Pi Plus board this is "rgmii", which is the
> > wrong setting.
> >
> > Following the example of a900cac3750b ("ARM: dts: sun7i: a20: bananapro:
> > Fix ethernet phy-mode") the phy-mode is changed to "rgmii-id" which gets
> > the Ethernet working again on this board.
> >
> > Fixes: bbc4d71d6354 ("net: phy: realtek: fix rtl8211e rx/tx delay config")
> > Reported-by: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://bugs.debian.org/988574
> > Signed-off-by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Seems worth crediting the original reporter "B.R. Oake"
> <broake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with a Reported-by as well?

Right, very good point, attached a revisited patch.

Regards,
Salvatore