[virtio-dev] RE: [PATCH 08/11] transport-pci: Introduce virtio extended capability

Parav Pandit
2023-04-10T19:57:15Z

> From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 3:49 PM

> Attribution is nice but Signed-off-by is not that.

Then what is Signed-off-by for virtio spec?
Can it be same definition as what Linux kernel and many other projects use like [1]?

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html?highlight=signed%20off

> And fundamentally people go read the PDF where the Signed-off-by does not
> appear at all no one pokes at git history.
When people read PDF, they do not care about the sign-off. Signed-off-by is not for that.

> Let's just do:
>
> Thanks-to: name <email>
>
Why to now learn a new term?
Why terminology of [1] is not enough like AQ status codes? :)

> if you want attribution.
>
> will be helpful to fill in the thanks section in the spec and does not mention
> signatures.