Re: [PATCH RFC V1] mfd: da9063: Update author information to remove incorrect e-mail addresses

[Lee Jones]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Steve Twiss wrote:

> From: Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Remove incorrect e-mail addresses from the copyright header and
> MODULE_AUTHOR() macro. These e-mail addresses are no longer in use.
> 
> The author names have not been changed, only the e-mail address have been
> deleted from the source files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
> Hi Lee, 
> 
> There have been an increasing number of queries made from external
> developers. These queries have been made to the author names written into
> the driver files. Unfortunately, there are several author entries in our
> source files with Dialog Semiconductor e-mail addresses that are no longer
> valid.
> 
> These new changes I am proposing will erase the e-mail addresses without
> affecting the author names.
> 
> I hope this is acceptable.

Hmm... I'm not sure how I feel about this.  The email address provides
us more then just contact information. I think the minimum format I
will accept is:

  Krystian Garbaciak, Dialog Semiconductors

... etc.

>  drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c            | 6 +++---
>  drivers/mfd/da9063-i2c.c             | 2 +-
>  drivers/mfd/da9063-irq.c             | 2 +-
>  include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h      | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/mfd/da9063/pdata.h     | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/mfd/da9063/registers.h | 4 ++--
>  6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c b/drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c
> index af841c1..d011486 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/da9063-core.c
> @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
>   * Copyright 2012 Dialog Semiconductors Ltd.
>   * Copyright 2013 Philipp Zabel, Pengutronix
>   *
> - * Author: Krystian Garbaciak <krystian.garbaciak@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> - *         Michal Hajduk <michal.hajduk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * Author: Krystian Garbaciak
> + * Author: Michal Hajduk
>   *
>   *  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
>   *  under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
> @@ -242,5 +242,5 @@ void da9063_device_exit(struct da9063 *da9063)
>  }
>  
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PMIC driver for Dialog DA9063");
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Krystian Garbaciak <krystian.garbaciak@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Hajduk <michal.hajduk@xxxxxxxxxxx>");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Krystian Garbaciak, Michal Hajduk");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/da9063-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/da9063-i2c.c
> index 7390108..54959be 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/da9063-i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/da9063-i2c.c
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>   * Copyright 2012 Dialog Semiconductor Ltd.
>   * Copyright 2013 Philipp Zabel, Pengutronix
>   *
> - * Author: Krystian Garbaciak <krystian.garbaciak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * Author: Krystian Garbaciak
>   *
>   *  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
>   *  under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/da9063-irq.c b/drivers/mfd/da9063-irq.c
> index 7e903fc..230c813 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/da9063-irq.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/da9063-irq.c
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>   * Copyright 2012 Dialog Semiconductor Ltd.
>   * Copyright 2013 Philipp Zabel, Pengutronix
>   *
> - * Author: Michal Hajduk <michal.hajduk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * Author: Michal Hajduk
>   *
>   *  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
>   *  under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
> diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h b/include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h
> index 621af82..6cc9e6c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mfd/da9063/core.h
> @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
>   *
>   * Copyright 2012 Dialog Semiconductor Ltd.
>   *
> - * Author: Michal Hajduk <michal.hajduk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> - *	   Krystian Garbaciak <krystian.garbaciak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * Author: Michal Hajduk
> + * Author: Krystian Garbaciak
>   *
>   *  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
>   *  under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
> diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/da9063/pdata.h b/include/linux/mfd/da9063/pdata.h
> index 612383b..b4201de 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mfd/da9063/pdata.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mfd/da9063/pdata.h
> @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
>   *
>   * Copyright 2012 Dialog Semiconductor Ltd.
>   *
> - * Author: Michal Hajduk <michal.hajduk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> - * Author: Krystian Garbaciak <krystian.garbaciak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * Author: Michal Hajduk
> + * Author: Krystian Garbaciak
>   *
>   *  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
>   *  under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
> diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/da9063/registers.h b/include/linux/mfd/da9063/registers.h
> index 2e0ba6d..2c34286 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mfd/da9063/registers.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mfd/da9063/registers.h
> @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
>   *
>   * Copyright 2012 Dialog Semiconductor Ltd.
>   *
> - * Author: Michal Hajduk <michal.hajduk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> - *	   Krystian Garbaciak <krystian.garbaciak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * Author: Michal Hajduk
> + * Author: Krystian Garbaciak
>   *
>   *  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
>   *  under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the

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Lee Jones
Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead
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