diff -r 4a5540d3a301 -r a52504ffac55 README
--- a/README	Tue May 12 06:07:41 2009 +0000
+++ b/README	Mon May 25 19:48:42 2009 +0000
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
     TO: yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr
     CC: crossgcc (at) sourceware.org
 
+Patches should come with the appropriate SoB line. A SoB line is typically
+something like:
+  Signed-off-by: John DOE <john.doe@somewhere.net>
+
+The SoB line is clearly described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches , section
+12, of your favourite Linux kernel source tree.
+
 The people that helped are listed in docs/CREDITS. Many thanks to them! :-)
 
 The list of known issues is listed in docs/known-issues.txt.