linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 03/14] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Don't match on descriptor GUID modalias

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Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:30:40 +0000
From:   <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>
To:     <dvhart@...radead.org>
CC:     <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>, <quasisec@...gle.com>,
        <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 03/14] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Don't match on
 descriptor GUID modalias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Hart [mailto:dvhart@...radead.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:22 PM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>; LKML <linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org>; platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org;
> quasisec@...gle.com; pali.rohar@...il.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/14] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Don't match on descriptor
> GUID modalias
> 
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 01:50:01PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > The descriptor GUID is not used to indicate that WMI notifications
> > in the dell-wmi driver work properly.  As such a modalias should
> > not be present that causes this driver to load on systems with this
> > GUID.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Pali Pohar <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
> 
> I can do this manually, but for future reference:
> 
> Nit, in general, the author's sign off should be first, followed by
> reviewers and testers. The maintainer will add their sign off at the end
> - this keeps things clear regarding the development and delivery path.
> In general, assume chronological order and you'll have the right idea.
> 
> Informational tags, like Reported, Suggested, Tested, and Fixes can come
> before the Author sign off, which is consistent with the chronological
> order.
> 

Operationally is there is a flag I'm missing in git-format-patch that does
this?  git format-patch -s puts my sign off at the very bottom, so this is a
manual action to re-order if I'm adding in Reviewed-by: in the patch
description.