Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750830AbWHGTX5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:23:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750829AbWHGTX5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:23:57 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:26025 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750830AbWHGTXz (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:23:55 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:23:19 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Pavel Machek Cc: Shem Multinymous , rlove@rlove.org, khali@linux-fr.org, gregkh@suse.de, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hdaps-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access Message-Id: <20060807122319.ed93110a.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060807132628.GC4032@ucw.cz> References: <11548492171301-git-send-email-multinymous@gmail.com> <11548492242899-git-send-email-multinymous@gmail.com> <20060806005613.01c5a56a.akpm@osdl.org> <41840b750608060256g1a7bb9c3s843d3ac08e512d63@mail.gmail.com> <20060806030749.ab49c887.akpm@osdl.org> <20060807132628.GC4032@ucw.cz> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1163 Lines: 31 On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 13:26:29 +0000 Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > What more is needed that may be realistically expected from a kernel > > > patch submission? > > > > We who accept the submission would be making a joke of the whole thing if > > we accepted the assurances of a person who is concealing his/her identity. > > > > I suggested a simple solution: Perhaps one of the other project members > > (ie: one who uses a real name) could also sign off the patches? > > I'm willing to sign off these patches. (In legal sense, anyway. I have > not yet went through them carefully). > Thanks. So this will amount to Pavel asserting that this code is kosher, based upon the knowledge which you've gained from participating in this project. I'll run that by Linus when he resurfaces. And I'll duck this version of the patch series due to your code review comments. Please cc me on version 2. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/