linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v7] gpio: add Intel WhiskeyCove PMIC GPIO driver

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Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:49:28 +0000
From:   "Gao, Bin" <bin.gao@...el.com>
To:     "Gortmaker, Paul (Wind River)" <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        "Andy Shevchenko" <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:     Bin Gao <bin.gao@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Iyer, Yegnesh S" <yegnesh.s.iyer@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v7] gpio: add Intel WhiskeyCove PMIC GPIO driver


On Fri, Sep 13, 2016 at 07:46:31AM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Paul Gortmaker 
>> <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
>> >> > This looks like an invalid address, and ....
>> >>
>> >> >> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Ajay Thomas 
>> >> >> +<ajay.thomas.david.rajamanickam@...el.com>");
>> >> >
>> >> > ...the same here.  In fact it sure looks like two names.  Anyway 
>> >> > I just got a bounce when I tried to use it...
>> >>
>> >> It might be that person is no longer working for Intel, though I 
>> >> think It would be better log message for that.
>> >
>> > That might make sense if the driver was old, but it hasn't even hit 
>> > mainline yet -- it is only in linux-next, so it cant be more than a 
>> > few weeks old.
>> 
>> It's already quite off topic, so, I would just say that it is still 
>> valid point. Starting from some version of the series (which takes 
>> couple of months?) Bin Gao did improvements.
>
>Not sure why you would call it off topic -- a new driver appearing in mainline should have a valid author entry, and if it is an accidental merge of two names into one then Bin Gao is the person who can ack that and subsequently fix it.
>
>P.

The original email is correct and it's not an accidental merge of two names.
The cause is Ajay quitted Intel one month back so his email address is no longer valid. 

-Bin