linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/14] ASoC: Add sun8i digital audio codec

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Date:   Thu, 6 Oct 2016 20:23:03 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.xyz>
Cc:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] ASoC: Add sun8i digital audio codec

On 07/10/2016 at 00:06:57 +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote :
> 05.10.2016, 00:20, "Maxime Ripard" <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> >>  +static const struct of_device_id sun8i_codec_of_match[] = {
> >>  + { .compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-a33-codec" },
> >>  + { .compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-a23-codec" },
> >
> > I thought that the A23 and A33 had different codecs? In that case, it
> > wouldn't be a good assumption to make
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >
> >>  + {}
> >>  +};
> >>  +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sun8i_codec_of_match);
> >>  +
> >>  +static struct platform_driver sun8i_codec_driver = {
> >>  + .driver = {
> >>  + .name = "sun8i-codec",
> >>  + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> >>  + .of_match_table = sun8i_codec_of_match,
> >>  + },
> >>  + .probe = sun8i_codec_probe,
> >>  + .remove = sun8i_codec_remove,
> >>  +};
> >>  +module_platform_driver(sun8i_codec_driver);
> >>  +
> >>  +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Allwinner A33 (sun8i) codec driver");
> >>  +MODULE_AUTHOR("huanxin<huanxin@...uimllatech.com>");
> >
> > Those obfuscated email adresses are not really helpful :)
> 
> This kind of email addresses  are kept in many places in mainline kernel.
> 
> e.g. drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c have 'Aaron Maoye <leafy.myeh@...uimllatech.com>'
> 

Well, that is only one place and it is a comment, not in the
MODULE_AUTHOR macro. I would agree that it is not useful to have a stale
email address in MODULE_AUTHOR.

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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
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