linux-kernel - Re: [v9, 6/6] fsl/fman: Add FMan MAC driver

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Date:	Tue, 8 Dec 2015 16:44:38 -0600
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Andy Fleming <afleming@...il.com>, <igal.liberman@...escale.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<madalin.bucur@...escale.com>, <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>,
	<ppc@...dchasers.com>, <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [v9, 6/6] fsl/fman: Add FMan MAC driver

On Tue, 2015-12-08 at 14:18 -0600, Andy Fleming wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 1:19 AM,  <igal.liberman@...escale.com> wrote:
> > From: Igal Liberman <igal.liberman@...escale.com>
> > 
> > This patch adds the Ethernet MAC driver supporting the three
> > different types of MACs: dTSEC, tGEC and mEMAC.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Igal Liberman <igal.liberman@...escale.com>
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
> > +
> > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Emil Medve <Emilian.Medve@...escale.com>");
> 
> I imagine this email address doesn't exist anymore, or won't soon.
> This is also an issue in the ethernet driver (with my old address).
> I'm not sure what the right approach is, but we shouldn't be putting
> obsolete email addresses in the kernel.

I don't think a MODULE_AUTHOR tag makes sense for drivers like this that had a
lot of people work on them.  git history is better for giving credit in such
cases.

-Scott

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