Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] iwlwifi: change email contact information
From: Marcel Holtmann <holtmann@linux.intel.com>
To: reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:16:02 +0100
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Hi Reinette,

> > just double checking that "ilw" is intentional. It is kinda weird since
> > we prefix our driver with "iwl". It might be a little bit confusing.
> 
> Yes - "ilw" is intentional (not a typo). 
> 
> > 
> > Also the MODULE_AUTHOR tag should contain the maintainer information. At
> > least that is what the current consensus is. I know that the word author
> > is kinda misleading here.
> 
> The author currently contains "Intel Corporation". There are a few
> people that fulfill the maintainer role so adding a person's name here
> will not work.
> 
> Will this be acceptable:
> 
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Copyright(c) 2003-2008 Intel Corporation <ilw@linux.intel.com>")

yes this will work fine. Sorry that I wasn't clear here. I really meant
that we should add the new address also to MODULE_AUTHOR.

Regards

Marcel