From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, richardcochran@gmail.com
Cc: 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
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:40:34 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <551ADC12.5050603@cogentembedded.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150331.113832.2042398685489897677.davem@davemloft.net>
Hello.
On 03/31/2015 06:38 PM, David Miller 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.
We (Cogent Embedded) are authorized to do this, isn't this enough?
>> [adding davem on CC]
>> Dave, is that correct?
> I refuse to apply any patch without an appropriate signoff.
But what do you mean by "appropriate signoff"? I have provided mine but
Richard insists there should be sign-offs from the primary driver authors --
it's the first time I'm encountering such a requirement.
WBR, Sergei
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-31 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-27 23:13 [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-28 5:17 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-03-28 8:36 ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-28 13:55 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-28 8:28 ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-28 18:26 ` David Miller
2015-03-30 22:51 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-03-31 6:43 ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-31 9:01 ` Richard Cochran
2015-03-31 15:38 ` David Miller
2015-03-31 17:40 ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2015-03-31 17:48 ` David Miller
2015-04-03 6:27 ` masaru.nagai.vx
2015-04-12 22:03 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-09 13:11 ` Bjørn Mork
2015-04-09 17:57 ` David Miller
2015-04-13 20:23 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-14 5:27 ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-14 10:14 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-14 16:30 ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-14 16:58 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-14 18:30 ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-15 1:01 ` masaru.nagai.vx
2015-04-15 5:31 ` Richard Cochran
2015-04-02 13:56 ` Ben Hutchings
2015-04-13 20:34 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2015-04-13 22:13 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-04-13 22:31 ` Ben Hutchings
2015-04-13 22:53 ` Lino Sanfilippo
2015-04-13 23:08 ` Ben Hutchings
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