[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fixed compilation error on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (kernel 3.13.0-30.54)

Chris Wright chrisw at redhat.com
Thu Jul 24 17:43:04 CEST 2014


* Thomas Monjalon (thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com) wrote:
> 2014-07-24 08:20, Chris Wright:
> > * Pablo de Lara (pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com) wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Patrice Buriez <patrice.buriez at intel.com>
> > 
> > Just a mechanical nitpick on DCO.  Pablo, this patch appears to be
> > written by Patrice.  If so, it should begin with "From: Patrice Buriez
> > <patrice.buriez at intel.com>" and should include your own Signed-off-by.
> 
> I agree that the author name (From:) should be fixed.
> But I'm not sure we should follow Linux guidelines for Signed-off-by
> when patch is simply forwarded. Does it mean more than "I am authorized to
> send it" ?

Yeah, that's right.  Basically showing the chain of people who touched
the patch on the way to the repo.

thanks,
-chris


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