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

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Message-ID: <20090429082518.GB27386@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:25:18 +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 10:14:59AM +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.

	Sam
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