linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] pinctrl: bcm: clean up modular vs. non-modular distinctions

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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 09:41:40 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Jon Mason <jonmason@...adcom.com>, Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>,
        Sherman Yin <syin@...adcom.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-rpi-kernel <linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] pinctrl: bcm: clean up modular vs. non-modular distinctions

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Scott Branden
<scott.branden@...adcom.com> wrote:

> It is a simple ask to place the new information in a new comment after the
> legal header.

OK send a patch fixing the headers the way you want them.

I don't mind if you want a certain order on your desk as a figure
of speak, I am the same.

> An aim at consistency helps reduce confusion (internal and external)
> of what license header template to apply to files.  Modifying these headers
> and placing
> information in the middle of them does not help in this effort.

Aha, I understand it if a human is reading the files.

If it is a machine, not so much, as we should not serve the machines
but the other way around.

Yours,
Linus Walleij