Re: [PATCH] ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix the Dell XPS 8940 headset microphone

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:36:18 +0100,
Angel J wrote:
> 
> On Monday, November 9th, 2026 at 22:02, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> > On Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:58:47 +0100,
> > Angel J wrote:
> > > Thanks for reviewing. My understanding is that the guidelines require
> > > a known identity, without necessarily requiring disclosure of a full
> > > name. I consistently use “Angel J” and this email address for kernel
> > > contributions. My PCI fix, commit 8805840aad73, was merged with the same
> > > author identity and Signed-off-by.
> >
> > Is your identity really already widely known in the kernel community?
> > I see only one recent commit in the past, and I can't see it's really
> > "known".
> 
> Hi Takashi,
> 
> No, I'm a new contributor and not widely known, and a full name would
> not change that.

As Signed-off-by tag is a legal requirement, giving a full name makes
the identity obviously clearer.

> I don't read "known identity" as requiring it, though.
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst asks for "a known identity
> (sorry, no anonymous contributions.)", which I understand as excluding
> anonymous contributions rather than requiring a full name.
> 
> "Angel J" is the name I use consistently for my public work, and I can
> be reached at this address.
> 
> Let me know if you read the guideline differently.
> 
> Thanks,
> Angel J

Honestly speaking, the problem is that I don't know you, so I can't
trust.  If you have been involved with the kernel development long
enough, e.g. already appearing with "Angel J" in many threads or
commits, then it could be a good sign that it's a trustable known
identity.  But it doesn't look like that for now...


thanks,

Takashi