Re: [linux-pm] [RFC][PATCH] PM: Update device power management document

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Mar 18 2010 - 17:36:42 EST


On Thursday 18 March 2010, Alan Stern wrote:
> Rafael:
>
> Here's my updated version of your patch. It's meant as a replacement,
> rather than an additional patch. I used much of your text but I also
> altered a lot. And the new documentation describes the way things will
> be after Dominik Brodowski's change is added, rather than the way
> things are now.

Thanks!

I agree with all of the changes you made.

> Attribution of authorship for changes like this is difficult; the
> existing conventions don't make allowance for patches with multiple
> authors. You'll have to figure out the right way to handle it.

I think I'll covert your version into a patch on top of mine for this purpose.

That's a bit artificial, but it will reflect who did what correctly, which also
is important (and the Randy's "Reviewed-by" for my patch will be preserved this
way).

Rafael
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