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

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Jul 24 17:25:07 CEST 2014


Hi Chris,

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" ?

-- 
Thomas


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