linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] staging: rtl8723bs: use ether_addr_copy() in rtw_macaddr

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 21:35:54 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] staging: rtl8723bs: use ether_addr_copy() in
 rtw_macaddr_cfg()

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 09:42:47AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-06-27 at 19:14 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 4:11 PM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 02:56:00PM +0200, Michael Straube wrote:
> > > > Should I add a thanks line to the commit message:
> > > > 
> > > >     Thanks to Dan Carpenter, Joe Perches and Andy Shevchenko.
> > > > 
> > > > Or would that be considered as too much?
> > > 
> > > You can write whatever the heck you want...  :P  No one cares.
> 
> I hope that's true.
> 
> > > When it comes to credit, I do appreciate Reported-by tags because LWN
> > > and employers do count those sometimes.
> 
> Which is likely as useful as judging engineer
> productivity by LOC counts.
> 

What are you talking about??  Reported-by count absolutely means you're
a Rock Star.

regards,
dan carpenter