Re: [PATCH v3 00/44] Meta Linux Kernel Port

[rkuo <rkuo@codeaurora.org>]

I actually found someone locally who signed my key.

Good luck!




On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 07:24:34PM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 January 2013 02:14 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi Vineet,
> > 
> > On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:40:24 +0530 Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Stephen, can you please add the following branch (rebased off 3.8-rc5) to linux-next
> >>
> >> git://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/linux.git  arc-next
> > 
> > Added from today (though there may not be a linux-next release today).
> 
> Thanks Stephan - I see it in there for last 2 days now.
> 
> >> While the first pull request can go directly from github, I presume the logistics
> >> for setting up accounts on kernel.org will only kick start after the first batch
> >> of code has been accepted. I can't seem to find any discussions on lists to that
> >> effect.
> > 
> > Linus prefers to not pull from github, but will if you ask him to pull a
> > tag signed with a verifiable gpg key.  This is not a requirement if your
> > tree is on kernel.org (though you still need a verifiable gpg key to get
> > a kernel.org account).
> 
> At the moment I don't have my key signed by anyone else. James pointed me to
> http://www.kernel.org/signature.html so I've added myself to the google map page
> and there's obviously no one near me. So how do we solve this - can I call a
> developer - who say trusts me - and get him to sign using my key-id.
> 
> Richard I believe you were in a similar situation when submitting your port - how
> did you end up solving this.
> 
> Damn! I was at ELCE back in November but wasn't aware of need for doing this.
> 
> Thx,
> -Vineet