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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2004-06-01 17:15:49 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2004-06-01 17:15:49 -0700 |
commit | 8012a7f767b59fca384aad773b0cd87ccecc6ad9 (patch) | |
tree | cce8c9359fcf9dda5c64156064e87c1a841c3d48 /Documentation | |
parent | 2d0fc7315ebeb6310e45ec5f522c3487a09ae3a5 (diff) | |
parent | ed97349f6cf873aab2ebcbc8d63ed97d5ecf4482 (diff) | |
download | history-8012a7f767b59fca384aad773b0cd87ccecc6ad9.tar.gz |
Merge bk://linux-ntfs.bkbits.net/ntfs-2.6
into ppc970.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 41 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt | 4 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 6bf80fc2bda598..9838d32b2fe70a 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -259,6 +259,47 @@ e-mail discussions. +11) Sign your work + +To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can +percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several +layers of maintainers, we've introduced a "sign-off" procedure on +patches that are being emailed around. + +The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the +patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to +pass it on as a open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you +can certify the below: + + Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.0 + + By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: + + (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I + have the right to submit it under the open source license + indicated in the file; or + + (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best + of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source + license and I have the right under that license to submit that + work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part + by me, under the same open source license (unless I am + permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated + in the file; or + + (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other + person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified + it. + +then you just add a line saying + + Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.org> + +Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for +now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just +point out some special detail about the sign-off. + + ----------------------------------- SECTION 2 - HINTS, TIPS, AND TRICKS ----------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt b/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt index 93514f5280a6c4..36beb54f1a576f 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt @@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ pmipal Use the protected mode interface for palette changes. mtrr setup memory type range registers for the vesafb framebuffer. +vram:n remap 'n' MiB of video RAM. If 0 or not specified, remap memory + according to video mode. (2.5.66 patch/idea by Antonino Daplas + reversed to give override possibility (allocate more fb memory + than the kernel would) to 2.4 by tmb@iki.fi) Have fun! |