Re: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btusb: Add support for variant WCN6855 by using different nvm

[tjiang]

Thanks Matthias for the comments.

the conclusion is that I can continue to use this patch , right ? thank 
you.

regards.
tim


On 2021-10-27 23:59, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 02:12:07PM +0800, tjiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi Matthias:
> >   the previous patch is submitted by zijun , as he is not working on 
> > this
> > project, I take over his job, so can we assume abandon the previous 
> > patch,
> > using my new patch ? thank you.
> > regards.
>
> Your patch is clearly based on zijun's one, it even has the same 
> subject. A
> change of authorship shouldn't result in resetting the version number, 
> it's
> still the same patch/series. You can always add a 'Co-developed-by:' 
> tag to
> indicate that someone else contributed to a patch, or use a 'From:' tag 
> if
> you only made minor changes on top of someone else's work.
>
> Not sure how to proceed best with the version number, especially since 
> there
> are already 3 versions of the 'new' patch. Either option can create 
> confusion,
> I guess you can continue with the new scheme, it seems the patch is 
> almost
> ready to land anyway.