linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] modules-next

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUDnf25AwDs6Nm-znSOQ6jTQ9342Xs-B09JXHBffn6Tzw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:04:18 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Brian W Hart <hartb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>,
	Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at>,
	Christopher Brannon <chris@...-brannons.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Lindar Liu <lindar_liu@...sh.com>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	Simon Wood <simon@...gewell.org>
Subject: Re: [PULL] modules-next

Hi Mark,

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:33:20AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
>> So, did you queue a patch to fix your email address in
>> drivers/regulator/virtual.c?
>
> No, that's more about giving credit to Wolfson for funding the code I
> guess - it's very rare for anyone to update the author information (and
> becoming more common for people to not put them in the file at all).
> Everyone uses get_maintainers.pl these days, it'll do a reasonable first
> pass at figuring out who's been working on the code and who the
> subsystem maintainers are.

Still, obsolete email address are regularly updated or removed.
You can give credits in the comments. The file already has

Copyright 2008 Wolfson Microelectronics PLC.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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