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@@ -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.