linux-kernel - Re: Samsung Backlight Patch

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Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2009 22:31:44 +0100
From:	Mike Lothian <mike@...eburn.co.uk>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthias Hopf <mhopf@...e.de>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Subject: Re: Samsung Backlight Patch

2009/10/7 Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:14:37PM +0100, Mike Lothian wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I was hoping the following patch could be included in 2.6.32 so it
>> would hopefully end up in the next round of distros
>>
>> It adds backlight support for some Samsung laptops
>
> You seem to have lost the original authorship of this patch, and not
> included your signed-off-by for it.
>
> Which means it can't be applied :(
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

It definitely has +MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...e.de>"); at the bottom

I certainly wasn't trying to steal credit for your work

Who should sign it off?

I think there's a few other models that can be added to this patch too

Regards

Mike
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