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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:59:06 +0100
From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] bug report + fix: e1000.c in 0.10.5 does not
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To: Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>
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On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 08:39:26PM -0700, Bill Paul wrote:
> I can generate a unified diff, but I'm not sure I understand what is meant by 
> "Signed-off-by." Can you elaborate? (Sorry, I'm not familiar with the QEMU 
> development process. I just wanted to send a bug report. :)

It's just a convention started on the Linux kernel mailing lists a
few years back.  Just put this in your email with the patch:

  Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@email.example.com>

See also: http://kerneltrap.org/node/3929

Rich.

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