linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/13] x86, vmlinux.lds: unify header/footer

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Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:51:57 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Tim Abbott <tabbott@....EDU>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/13] x86, vmlinux.lds: unify header/footer

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:37:05AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:14:59AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > 
> > > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > * Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Merge everything except PHDRS and SECTIONS into
> > > > > vmlinux.lds.S
> > > > > No functional changes.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This include the removal of an ancient comment that
> > > > > Martin Mares wrote this file.
> > > > 
> > > > > -/* ld script to make i386 Linux 
> > > > > - * Written by Martin Mares <mj@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>;
> > > > 
> > > > That's a historic copyright notice in essence which we should not 
> > > > remove - we should preserve that as:
> > > > 
> > > > > + Original 32-bit version written by Martin Mares <mj@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> > > > 
> > > > (preferably with a date-of-that-original-patch inserted as well)
> > > 
> > > I've added these credits:
> > > 
> > > +/*
> > > + * ld script for the x86 kernel
> > > + *
> > > + * Historic 32-bit version written by Martin Mares <mj@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> > > + *
> > > + * Modernisation and unification done by Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> > > 
> > > is that fine to you?
> > 
> > OK.
> > Albeit in general I do not add stuff like that myself.
> 
> You are too shy :) Can i also add:
> 
>   Portions Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
I really only did a unification - but if you think it is justified then OK.
But this was not the simplest unification I have done.

	Sam
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