Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: dts: S32G3: Introduce device tree for S32G-VNP-RDB3

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 18/03/2024 10:34, Wadim Mueller wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 09:32:24AM +0200, Ghennadi Procopciuc wrote:
>> On 3/16/24 00:27, Wadim Mueller wrote:
>>> This commit adds device tree support for the NXP S32G3-based
>>> S32G-VNP-RDB3 Board (Vehicle Networking Platform - Reference Design Board) [1].
>>>
>>> The S32G3 features an 8-core ARM Cortex-A53 based SoC developed by NXP.
>>>
>>> The device tree files are derived from the official NXP downstream Linux tree [2].
>>>
>>> This addition encompasses a limited selection of peripherals that are upstream-supported. Apart from the ARM System Modules (GIC, Generic Timer, etc.), the following IPs have been validated:
>>>
>>>     UART: fsl-linflexuart
>>>     SDHC: fsl-imx-esdhc
>>>     Ethernet: synopsys gmac/stmac
>>>
>>> Clock settings for the chip rely on ATF Firmware [3]. Pin control integration into the device tree is pending and currently relies on Firmware/U-Boot settings [4].
>>>
>>> These changes were validated using the latest BSP39 Firmware/U-Boot from NXP [5].
>>>
>>> The modifications enable booting the official Ubuntu 22.04 from NXP on
>>> the RDB3 with default settings from the SD card and eMMC.
>>>
>>> [1] https://www.nxp.com/design/design-center/designs/s32g3-vehicle-networking-reference-design:S32G-VNP-RDB3
>>> [2] https://github.com/nxp-auto-linux/linux
>>> [3] https://github.com/nxp-auto-linux/arm-trusted-firmware
>>> [4] https://github.com/nxp-auto-linux/u-boot
>>> [5] https://github.com/nxp-auto-linux/auto_yocto_bsp
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wadim Mueller <wafgo01@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This patch seems to be heavily based on the downstream version of the
>> kernel. Many of the changes originate from NXP. Therefore, shouldn't the
>> authors also be mentioned here?
>>
> 
> Yes, it definitely is, I also mentionaed it in the commit message. As
> Krzyszof mentioned, would you expect me to "git blame" the file and put
> all contributors into the commment part? Or would it be enough to put a
> Copyright of NXP as here [1]?
> 
> 
> [1] https://github.com/nxp-auto-linux/linux/blob/cdac0506874b7e6a277f12e72e3900d2a410d909/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/s32g3.dtsi#L3

This has copyright from 2021, so 3 years is enough for NXP to prove they
care and upstream it. If they don't do it within 3 years, it is proof
NXP does not care enough, so I don't think you need to provide any
authorship remarks. Especially that many emails might be incorrect. Your
Cc-list here already creates 4 bounces..

But keep the copyright if you indeed based on that file.

Best regards,
Krzysztof