* [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Update module author
@ 2017-05-31 20:35 Thomas Falcon
2017-05-31 21:12 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Falcon @ 2017-05-31 20:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: nfont, Thomas Falcon, John Allen
Update the module author to be one of the original co-maintainers
of the driver. The original author left the project long ago and
so far has not responded to emails sent to the listed address.
Signed-off-by: John Allen <jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 4f2d329..3e4a858 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
static const char ibmvnic_driver_name[] = "ibmvnic";
static const char ibmvnic_driver_string[] = "IBM System i/p Virtual NIC Driver";
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Santiago Leon <santi_leon@yahoo.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM System i/p Virtual NIC Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_VERSION(IBMVNIC_DRIVER_VERSION);
--
2.7.4
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Update module author
2017-05-31 20:35 [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Update module author Thomas Falcon
@ 2017-05-31 21:12 ` David Miller
2017-06-01 15:53 ` Thomas Falcon
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2017-05-31 21:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: tlfalcon; +Cc: netdev, nfont, jallen
From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 15:35:31 -0500
> Update the module author to be one of the original co-maintainers
> of the driver. The original author left the project long ago and
> so far has not responded to emails sent to the listed address.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Allen <jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
It's MODULE_AUTHOR not MODULE_MAINTAINER.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Update module author
2017-05-31 21:12 ` David Miller
@ 2017-06-01 15:53 ` Thomas Falcon
2017-06-01 16:34 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Falcon @ 2017-06-01 15:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, nfont, jallen
On 05/31/2017 04:12 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 15:35:31 -0500
>
>> Update the module author to be one of the original co-maintainers
>> of the driver. The original author left the project long ago and
>> so far has not responded to emails sent to the listed address.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Allen <jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> It's MODULE_AUTHOR not MODULE_MAINTAINER.
>
Would it be better to include a second or more authors and/or remove the original author's mailing address, which isn't valid anymore? How should this be handled?
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Update module author
2017-06-01 15:53 ` Thomas Falcon
@ 2017-06-01 16:34 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2017-06-01 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: tlfalcon; +Cc: netdev, nfont, jallen
From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 10:53:13 -0500
> Would it be better to include a second or more authors and/or remove
> the original author's mailing address, which isn't valid anymore?
> How should this be handled?
You can remove the email address if it is no longer working.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2017-06-01 16:34 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2017-05-31 20:35 [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Update module author Thomas Falcon
2017-05-31 21:12 ` David Miller
2017-06-01 15:53 ` Thomas Falcon
2017-06-01 16:34 ` David Miller
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).