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Instead of checkpatch requiring the patch author to exactly match the
signed-off-by tag, commit 48ca2d8ac8a1 ("checkpatch: add new warnings to
author signoff checks.") safely relaxed this requirement.
Although the local-part of an email address (local-part@domain), may be
case sensitive, exploiting the case sensitivity of mailbox local-parts
impedes interoperability and is discouraged. Mailbox domains follow
normal DNS rules and are hence not case sensitive. (Refer to
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5321#section-2.4.)
Further relax the patch author and signed-off-by tag comparison by making
the email address check case insensitive.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210816112725.173206-1-zohar@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.