linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 04/10] mfd: axp20x: Add missing copyright notice

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Message-ID: <20160125143957.GS3368@x1>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:39:57 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 04/10] mfd: axp20x: Add missing copyright notice

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:

> When the driver was merged, the original author did not include a proper
> copyright notice. This patch adds the notice, backdated to when the
> driver was merged.

This is very wordy. 

"Supply a backdated copyright notice."

> Cc: Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
> ---
> 
> New patch in v7.
> 
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/axp20x.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Patch looks fine though:

Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/axp20x.c b/drivers/mfd/axp20x.c
> index 3e186f2dcac3..cec51e689d1d 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/axp20x.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/axp20x.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
>   * converters, LDOs, multiple 12-bit ADCs of voltage, current and temperature
>   * as well as configurable GPIOs.
>   *
> + * Copyright (C) 2014 Carlo Caione
> + *
>   * Author: Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

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