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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2014-11-01 18:53:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2014-11-01 18:53:27 (GMT) |
| commit | 55b42b5ca2dcf143465968697fe6c6503b05fca1 (patch) | |
| tree | 91878cd53efc44ba67244d4d3897020828c87c01 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | 10738eeaf4ab3de092586cefcc082e7d43ca0044 (diff) | |
| parent | ec1f1276022e4e3ca40871810217d513e39ff250 (diff) | |
| download | linux-55b42b5ca2dcf143465968697fe6c6503b05fca1.tar.xz | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts:
drivers/net/phy/marvell.c
Simple overlapping changes in drivers/net/phy/marvell.c
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 482c749..1fa1caa 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -483,12 +483,10 @@ have been included in the discussion 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please -note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, -especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, -if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be -inspired to help us again in the future. +The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it +hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future. Please note that if +the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the +Reported-by tag. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that |