linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] perf: libdw support for powerpc [ping]

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:19:11 +0200
From:   Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@...b.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Mark Wielaard <mark@...mp.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf: libdw support for powerpc [ping]

On Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2017 14:48:29 CEST Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:16:56AM +0200, Milian Wolff escreveu:
> > On Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2017 03:07:39 CEST Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Hi Millian, can I take this as an Acked-by or Tested-by?
> > 
> > I have no access to any PowerPC hardware. In principle the code looks
> > fine, but that's all I can say here.
> 
> Ok, that would count as an Acked-by, i.e. from
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:
> 
> -------------------------
> 
> Acked-by: is not as formal as Signed-off-by:.  It is a record that the acker
> has at least reviewed the patch and has indicated acceptance.  Hence patch
> mergers will sometimes manually convert an acker's "yep, looks good to me"
> into an Acked-by: (but note that it is usually better to ask for an
> explicit ack).
> 
> -------------------------
> 
> If you had a ppc machine _and_ had applied and tested the patch, that
> would allow us to use a Tested-by tag.

I see, I'm still unfamiliar with this process. But yes, do consider it an 
`Acked-by` from my side then.

Cheers

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