linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: hid-multitouch: add support for SiS panel in LG 23ET83V

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Date:	Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:03:31 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Emanuel Krenz <emanuelkrenz@....de>
cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: hid-multitouch: add support for SiS panel in LG
 23ET83V

On Fri, 13 Dec 2013, Emanuel Krenz wrote:

> > Emanuel, what is going on here, please? Is it that you authored this patch
> > yourself, and would like to have it included in Linus' tree (only then it
> > can go to -stable)?
> > 
> > If so, please remove all Signoffs of people who haven't provided it to
> > you, and resubmit it to maintainer (./scripts/get_maintainer.pl will tell
> > you who are proper recepients of this patch).
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> Hello,
> I'm sorry, guys. I thought I have to add those "Signed-off-by" lines to
> mention, where I got the ideas for this patch from.

For real meaning of Signed-off-by:, please refer to 
Documentation/SubmittingPatches, section 12.

> It was actually this patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/2/647 That was 
> obviously a mistake, please forgive me. As I mentioned, this was my 
> first submitted patch, I was just so excited that I might help 
> developing.
> 
> Thank you, Jiri, for telling me, to remove this "Signed-off-by" lines and
> resubmit the patch after using get_maintainer.pl.
> Now I actually got your name as the maintainer of HID CORE LAYER. So i'll send
> it to you again without those lines, i hope it's correct now.

Yup, that is the proper process.

Thanks for submitting the patch, I'll respond to that separately.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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