netdev - Re: [PATCH 01/11] sfc: SFT9001: Enable robust link training

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Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:04:15 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] sfc: SFT9001: Enable robust link training

On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 14:09 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:48:10 +0000
> 
> > From: Steve Hodgson <shodgson@...arflare.com>
> > 
> > Enable a firmware option that appears to be necessary for reliable
> > operation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> 
> I applied all of these patches but:
> 
> 1) When you get changes written by other people, such as
>    Steve Hodgson here and in the next few patches, you need
>    to get Signed-off-by lines from them too.

I have been attributing changes to my colleagues for some time and never
heard this.  In any case the copyright lies with my employer and I am
authorised to release these changes; isn't that what my initial sign-
off means?

> 2) Outside of the merge window I do not want to see totally
>    irrelevant stuff like PHY loopback fixes.
> 
>    Those kinds of fixes are totally inappropriate at this time.

Are you saying that a spurious self-test failure is not a serious bug?

> You have been warned :-)

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.


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