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diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst index 1b7728b19ea7..645fa9c7388a 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst @@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ The tags in common use are: which can be found in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst. Code without a proper signoff cannot be merged into the mainline. + - Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer + along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple + people work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a + Signed-off-by: line in the patch as well. + - Acked-by: indicates an agreement by another developer (often a maintainer of the relevant code) that the patch is appropriate for inclusion into the kernel. |