linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] USB: testusb: imported David Brownell's USB testing application

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Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:47:02 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Michal Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz@...sung.com>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>,
	Rupesh Gujare <rupeshgujare@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] USB: testusb: imported David Brownell's USB
	testing application

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 02:30:52AM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 April 2010, Greg KH wrote:
> > You should put a:
> > ????????From: David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> > as the first line of the body of this patch, so it properly shows up as
> > David's code.
> > 
> > I also would like to get an ack from David that he doesn't mind his code
> > moving into the kernel here (personally I think it's a good thing to be
> > here.)
> > 
> > thanks,
> 
> ISTR sending an ack .... but, not with a "From:" like that.  I did author the
> code, but the *patch* is not from me.
> 
> 
> Omitting all the instructions and the test plan seems like a big mistake, too...

Agreed, it should be there as well, as you decribed in the follow-on to
the patch.

thanks,

greg k-h
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