linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 1/4] staging: OMAP4+: thermal: introduce bandgap temperature sensor

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Message-ID: <20120711125206.GB6615@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:52:06 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Valentin, Eduardo" <eduardo.valentin@...com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, b-cousson@...com, j-keerthy@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kbaidarov@....rtsoft.ru,
	grant.likely@...retlab.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/4] staging: OMAP4+: thermal: introduce bandgap
 temperature sensor

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 01:07:17PM +0300, Valentin, Eduardo wrote:
> Hello Greg,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Valentin, Eduardo
> <eduardo.valentin@...com> wrote:
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 10:57:49AM +0300, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> >>> In the System Control Module, OMAP supplies a voltage reference
> >>> and a temperature sensor feature that are gathered in the band
> >>> gap voltage and temperature sensor (VBGAPTS) module. The band
> >>> gap provides current and voltage reference for its internal
> >>> circuits and other analog IP blocks. The analog-to-digital
> >>> converter (ADC) produces an output value that is proportional
> >>> to the silicon temperature.
> >>>
> >>> This patch provides a platform driver which expose this feature.
> >>> It is moduled as a MFD child of the System Control Module core
> >>> MFD driver.
> >>>
> >>> This driver provides only APIs to access the device properties,
> >>> like temperature, thresholds and update rate.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <eduardo.valentin@...com>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>
> >>
> >> As much as I enjoy interesting names, odds are, "Keerthy" is not the
> >> real name of this person, right?  In fact, based on the copyright
> >> comments in the code, I can almost guarantee it...
> >>
> >> I need a full-name please, no aliases or fake names allowed in kernel
> >> signed-off-by lines.
> >>
> >> Please resend these with that fixed up.
> >
> > Actually, his name is in fact Keerthy J.  I can resend with the
> > additional "J" the way it is in the copyrights.
> 
> While looking into his commits, I believe the SOB in this patch is one
> of the ways he uses to sign:
> commit f99c1d4f94f91fd3a20bd2eaa3be9c5e7d2668eb
> Author: Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>
> Date:   Tue Mar 1 19:12:26 2011 +0530
> 
>     mfd: Add twl4030 madc driver
> 
>     Introducing a driver for MADC on TWL4030 powerIC. MADC stands for monitoring
>     ADC. This driver monitors the real time conversion of analog signals like
>     battery temperature, battery cuurent etc.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>
>     Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> So, I'd prefer to keep the way it is.

But it doesn't match the copyright notice, which I am guessing TI got
"right" from a legal perspective, and as such, we need to also.

thanks,

greg k-h
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