Re: [PATCH] add PCI ROMs to sysfs

From: Marcelo Tosatti
Date: Thu Aug 12 2004 - 09:33:57 EST


On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 11:12:36AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 11:02:10AM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:28 am, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 10:04:02AM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > > > On Friday, August 6, 2004 2:14 pm, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > > > > Please check the code out and give it some testing. It will probably
> > > > > needs some adjustment for other platforms.
> > > >
> > > > Jon, this works on my machine too. Greg, if it looks ok can you pull it
> > > > in? And can you add:
> > > >
> > > > * (C) Copyright 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
> > > > * Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > to pci-sysfs.c if you do?
> > >
> > > Care to send me a new patch? Oh, and that copyright line needs to look
> > > like:
> > > * Copyright (c) 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > to make it legal, or so my lawyers say :)
> >
> > But I'm not the copyright holder, Silicon Graphics is, I just wanted people to
> > know who to harass if something breaks :).
>
> That's fine. It's the "Copyright (c) 2004" order and exact "(c)" that
> really matters, from what I have been told to do.

Greg,

That made me curious, what is the rationale behind

(C) Copyright 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxx>

works and the previous suggested

(C) Copyright 2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxx>

doesnt?

I know its a bit offtopic, but still, if you know the reason, would be
great to hear :) Bet others will also like to hear that.

Thanks!




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