On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:10:09 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 19:26, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:13:14 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 18:33,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > Subject: drivers/firmware/sigma.c needs MODULE_LICENSE
> >> > From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> >> >
> >> > Fix module tainting message:
> >> > sigma: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> >> > Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <[email protected]>
> >>
> >> not that it really matters, but i did s-o-b on this rather than a-b ;)
> >
> > and Andrew converted it to A-B, which is correct.
> > You would use S-O-B if you were merging it.
> 
> meh, last i looked s-o-b was more formal than an ack.  as in "i'd sign
> off on this" vs "the idea sounds sane and the patch doesnt catch my
> eye, but i'll just ack that it's a good idea".  but i guess things
> have changed according to the submitting patches doc.

If you want it to be more formal (but you are not in the merge path),
you can use Reviewed-by: instead of Acked-by:


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~Randy
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