Re: [PATCH 02/13] x86, vmlinux.lds: unify header/footer

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Apr 29 2009 - 04:15:28 EST



* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> * Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Merge everything except PHDRS and SECTIONS into
> > vmlinux.lds.S
> > No functional changes.
> >
> > This include the removal of an ancient comment that
> > Martin Mares wrote this file.
>
> > -/* ld script to make i386 Linux
> > - * Written by Martin Mares <mj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>
> That's a historic copyright notice in essence which we should not
> remove - we should preserve that as:
>
> > + Original 32-bit version written by Martin Mares <mj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> (preferably with a date-of-that-original-patch inserted as well)

I've added these credits:

+/*
+ * ld script for the x86 kernel
+ *
+ * Historic 32-bit version written by Martin Mares <mj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * Modernisation and unification done by Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

is that fine to you?

Ingo
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