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@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ D-C-O. Indeed you are encouraged to do so. Do not forget to
place an in-body "From: " line at the beginning to properly attribute
the change to its true author (see (2) above).
+Also notice that a real name is used in the Signed-off-by: line. Please
+don't hide your real name.
+
Some people also put extra tags at the end.
"Acked-by:" says that the patch was reviewed by the person who