From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:38:32 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver Message-Id: <20150331.113832.2042398685489897677.davem@davemloft.net> List-Id: References: <20150328082853.GA4255@localhost.localdomain> <5519D380.6070200@cogentembedded.com> <20150331064349.GB4605@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20150331064349.GB4605@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: richardcochran@gmail.com Cc: sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com, robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, galak@codeaurora.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, mitsuhiro.kimura.kc@renesas.com, masaru.nagai.vx@renesas.com From: Richard Cochran Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:43:49 +0200 > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 01:51:44AM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: >> On 03/28/2015 11:28 AM, Richard Cochran wrote: >> >We also need SOB from Mitsuhiro and Masaru. >> >> Hmm, it's the first time I encounter such requirement. > > I think this is normal policy. I have seen it more than once on lkml. > The reason for the author's SOB is to make sure that he or she is > really authorized (like from the employer) to contribute the driver. > > [adding davem on CC] > > Dave, is that correct? I refuse to apply any patch without an appropriate signoff. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:38:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20150331.113832.2042398685489897677.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20150328082853.GA4255@localhost.localdomain> <5519D380.6070200@cogentembedded.com> <20150331064349.GB4605@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com, robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, galak@codeaurora.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, mitsuhiro.kimura.kc@renesas.com, masaru.nagai.vx@renesas.com To: richardcochran@gmail.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150331064349.GB4605@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-sh-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Richard Cochran Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:43:49 +0200 > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 01:51:44AM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: >> On 03/28/2015 11:28 AM, Richard Cochran wrote: >> >We also need SOB from Mitsuhiro and Masaru. >> >> Hmm, it's the first time I encounter such requirement. > > I think this is normal policy. I have seen it more than once on lkml. > The reason for the author's SOB is to make sure that he or she is > really authorized (like from the employer) to contribute the driver. > > [adding davem on CC] > > Dave, is that correct? I refuse to apply any patch without an appropriate signoff.