From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Alexey Zaytsev" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/15 v2] Unhardcode byte size being 8 bits. Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:24:00 +0300 Message-ID: References: <20081217190534.24084.94887.stgit@zaytsev.su> <49498C67.4000700@cowlark.com> <4949A03A.5060309@cowlark.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.153]:12918 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750761AbYLRBYD (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:24:03 -0500 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so87289fgg.17 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:24:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4949A03A.5060309@cowlark.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org To: David Given Cc: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org, Josh Triplett On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 03:58, David Given wrote: > Alexey Zaytsev wrote: > [...] >> Please, sign off this patch and the one adding type information to >> struct instruction. > > I'm sorry, I didn't realise you were talking to me! > > What do you want me to do? I don't know anything about the sort of > process you use. > Short: You add 'Signed-off-by: David Given ' to the end of the patch description. Or if you forgot to do so, you can reply to the email with this line and the maintainer will add it to the patch description for you. This bascally means that you are OK with your work being merget my other people, and also helps to track who made which changes/bugs, statistics, etc, and some even see it as having some legal power. Long: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches;h=f309d3c6221c3699a0c0b97fbe689faed09e4d2f;hb=HEAD#l282 Sparse seems to use the same procedure as the kernel.