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* Multiple MODULE_AUTHOR statements
@ 2005-10-29 13:01 Marcel Holtmann
  2005-10-30  1:55 ` Randy.Dunlap
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Marcel Holtmann @ 2005-10-29 13:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Hi guys,

I saw some people adding multiple MODULE_AUTHOR statements to their
drivers if they wanna mention more than one author. I normally used a
comma separated list. Is it valid to use multiple statements? If yes,
then I will change my drivers to use the same approach.

Regards

Marcel



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* Re: Multiple MODULE_AUTHOR statements
  2005-10-29 13:01 Multiple MODULE_AUTHOR statements Marcel Holtmann
@ 2005-10-30  1:55 ` Randy.Dunlap
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Randy.Dunlap @ 2005-10-30  1:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Marcel Holtmann; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:01:13 +0200 Marcel Holtmann wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I saw some people adding multiple MODULE_AUTHOR statements to their
> drivers if they wanna mention more than one author. I normally used a
> comma separated list. Is it valid to use multiple statements? If yes,
> then I will change my drivers to use the same approach.

It works.  I.e., modinfo will list multiple MODULE_AUTHOR entries.
MODULE_AUTHOR() just creates a special data section, nothing magic
about it.  Several are allowed (in general).

However, include/linux/module.h says:
/* Author, ideally of form NAME <EMAIL>[, NAME <EMAIL>]*[ and NAME <EMAIL>] */
#define MODULE_AUTHOR(_author) MODULE_INFO(author, _author)

so someone thought that they should all be listed together (in one entry).

---
~Randy

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