From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 625DF22C6C5; Sun, 8 Dec 2024 13:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1733664644; cv=none; b=cQGPnpeC1KmGR10LqQh4FiJ9MVefRAzN5tws2tGNU35WakKKRF9xbq0RFKoP0WhoHPeP9S7NSODYPA33NH5nyVpgFKov8wM0rcWuiVK3HgNClA04ZagkXzuUBF6WGlOj7jRgLFoDYyA47bN32K+P8nKJhZZJvqbKGdBJyg5olHU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1733664644; c=relaxed/simple; bh=S6/kpuYlooMtNVNYvTvV8cbANzdpAUkz10M7ftx/R8U=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=eswof2yndmNXsJ9huQF3pFqZugtjZ5fvsZCaOo0NP43px7NaAWZOGzGc2vRM+FDEM7kVUqi5lnmyZ6SOWJdrJ7sx/VpMmW7CB0s5OpDpTxAyBxN7IOu6X/fxIBKxsCDLGX6zL/j8NZcDUztsWRW6bI2jXNjLvXrUFiv7gUNb6+k= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=Suk1pKkT; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="Suk1pKkT" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 822DCC4CED2; Sun, 8 Dec 2024 13:30:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1733664643; bh=S6/kpuYlooMtNVNYvTvV8cbANzdpAUkz10M7ftx/R8U=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Suk1pKkTj0NLd+jhKOyRMLPx1nqJFs4p3+q3QaKd/GgLUwCm+ptacr0Ru2aP2Eb5e cDYD/yvdJ7CSWmnw8RmsILVaIIc+8jBhsY05lHXifenWqb6FwKMK9YsG7XEy0w7UM5 2vRKZ3CvZQneJ0sJHJ6q/VIVKGk+T2a4XdYwWKWQ= Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 14:30:08 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: nerdopolis Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ttynull: Add an option to allow ttynull to be used as a console device Message-ID: <2024120803-pending-handbag-4641@gregkh> References: <20241129041549.778959-1-bluescreen_avenger@verizon.net> <3758619.RUnXabflUD@nerdopolis2> <2024120700-expansion-pretense-b6e9@gregkh> <3271291.vfdyTQepKt@nerdopolis2> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3271291.vfdyTQepKt@nerdopolis2> On Sun, Dec 08, 2024 at 12:25:12AM -0500, nerdopolis wrote: > On Saturday, December 7, 2024 1:50:50 AM EST Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2024 at 12:36:21PM -0500, n3rdopolis wrote: > > > On Wednesday, December 4, 2024 2:37:55 PM EST n3rdopolis wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, December 4, 2024 1:06:50 PM EST Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 12:06:56PM -0500, n3rdopolis wrote: > > > > > > On Wednesday, December 4, 2024 10:41:44 AM EST Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 11:15:48PM -0500, n3rdopolis wrote: > > > > > > > > Add a config option CONFIG_NULL_TTY_CONSOLE that will have ttynull be > > > > > > > > initialized by console_initcall() and selected as a possible console > > > > > > > > device. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: n3rdopolis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Meta-comments, we need a blank line before the s-o-b line, AND we need a > > > > > > > real name here, sorry. I can't do anything with these (including > > > > > > > reviewing them), until that happens. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, I thought that I didn't need a real name > > > > > > > > > > > > I found a recent thread that seems like it suggests that I thought > > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241121165806.476008-40-alex.bennee@linaro.org/[1] > > > > > > https://drewdevault.com/2023/10/31/On-real-names.html[2] > > > > > > Or do I need to wait for that change to the guideline be merged? > > > > > > > > > > That change has been merged a long time ago, but as far as I can tell, > > > > > this signed-off-by you used here does not meet this category. > > > > > > > > > Oh, what would it take to meet that category? I've been using this nick to > > > > contribute to other projects, and it matches my GitHub name, and FreeDesktop > > > > GitLab name > > > > > > > What if I made the signed-off-by (and committer name) this email address? would > > > that work? > > > > Do you sign documents with your bank with an email address in the line > > that says "name"? > > > No, I guess not, the no pseudonym requirement was dropped, but if my nickname > doesn't work If I really have to, can it just be my first name, instead of my > full name if it comes down to it? No.