Re: [patch] mspec

[Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>]

Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On 19 Jun 2006 05:20:23 -0400 Jes Sorensen wrote:

>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Silicon Graphics, Inc.");
>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for SGI SN special memory operations");
>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>> +MODULE_INFO(supported, "external");
> 
> What does that last line mean?  what does "external" mean?
> There are no other source files in the 2.6.17 tree that say
> anything like that.

Hi Randy,

I actually don't know where that comes from, we can just say supported.

> And of the 1800+ MODULE_AUTHOR() lines, SGI seems to be
> dominant is using company instead of a person for AUTHOR.
> Yes, there are a few others as well.

I inherited the code from someone else who probably inherited it parts
of it from somewhere else. However the point is that SGI as a company is
willing to take responsibility for the code.

Cheers,
Jes