2014-02-03 21:43:00

by Markus Mayer

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Subject: [PATCH] gpio: bcm281xx: Update MODULE_AUTHOR

Add Broadcom's upstreaming mailing list address to MODULE_AUTHOR.

Signed-off-by: Markus Mayer <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-bcm-kona.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-bcm-kona.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-bcm-kona.c
index 233d088..f32357e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-bcm-kona.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-bcm-kona.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Broadcom Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Broadcom Corporation
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -657,6 +657,6 @@ static struct platform_driver bcm_kona_gpio_driver = {

module_platform_driver(bcm_kona_gpio_driver);

-MODULE_AUTHOR("Broadcom");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Broadcom Corporation <[email protected]>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Broadcom Kona GPIO Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
1.7.9.5


2014-02-05 10:03:35

by Linus Walleij

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: bcm281xx: Update MODULE_AUTHOR

On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Markus Mayer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Add Broadcom's upstreaming mailing list address to MODULE_AUTHOR.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Mayer <[email protected]>

Hm OK not that this is used very much, and nothing to argue about
so patch applied.

However we do not really recognize corporate bodies as maintainers,
only physical people whose GPG keys we can sign ... but I
guess you wanted to convey that the driver is the work of several
individuals inside BRCM and thus authors, while you take care
of the maintenance.

A patch to MAINTAINERS adding this to Christians entry for
the SoCs or as a standalone entry with Markus as maintainer
would be more important and usefule than this though, so I'm
throwing out that challenge!

Yours,
Linus Walleij

2014-02-05 18:56:45

by Markus Mayer

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: bcm281xx: Update MODULE_AUTHOR

On 5 February 2014 02:03, Linus Walleij <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Markus Mayer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Add Broadcom's upstreaming mailing list address to MODULE_AUTHOR.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Mayer <[email protected]>
>
> Hm OK not that this is used very much, and nothing to argue about
> so patch applied.

Thanks. I am hopefully done the trivial changes to this driver now.

> However we do not really recognize corporate bodies as maintainers,
> only physical people whose GPG keys we can sign ... but I
> guess you wanted to convey that the driver is the work of several
> individuals inside BRCM and thus authors, while you take care
> of the maintenance.

That's exactly right.

> A patch to MAINTAINERS adding this to Christians entry for
> the SoCs or as a standalone entry with Markus as maintainer
> would be more important and usefule than this though, so I'm
> throwing out that challenge!

I'll talk to Christian about this and see what we can come up with.

Regards,
-Markus

--
Markus Mayer
Broadcom Landing Team