From: Russell K. - A. L. <li...@ar...> - 2009-07-20 22:15:48
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On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 04:42:09PM -0400, H Hartley Sweeten wrote: > I'm not sure which tag is appropriate for this patch. So here's both. > > Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsw...@vi...> > Acked-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsw...@vi...> If you're directly involved in the patch delivery path, then the sign-off is what's required. In other words, you take someone elses patch, decide you're happy with it and want to pass it along yourself. If you've just reviewed it and are happy with it, then it's the acked-by which is needed. Or use one of the more specific Reviewed-by, Tested-by etc (whatever seems most appropriate for the amount of review or checking you've done.) |