Re: [PATCH] rust: module: remove deprecated author key
From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Mon Jun 09 2025 - 20:57:36 EST
On 09-06-25, 09:22, Guilherme Giacomo Simoes wrote:
> Commit 38559da6afb2 ("rust: module: introduce `authors` key") introduced
> a new `authors` key to support multiple module authors, while keeping
> the old `author` key for backward compatibility.
>
> Now that all in-tree modules have migrated to `authors`, remove:
> 1. The deprecated `author` key support from the module macro
> 2. Legacy `author` entries from remaining modules
>
> Signed-off-by: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/rcpufreq_dt.rs | 2 +-
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/rcpufreq_dt.rs b/drivers/cpufreq/rcpufreq_dt.rs
> index 94ed81644fe1..bdf4b844de42 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/rcpufreq_dt.rs
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/rcpufreq_dt.rs
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ fn probe(
> module_platform_driver! {
> type: CPUFreqDTDriver,
> name: "cpufreq-dt",
> - author: "Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>",
> + authors: ["Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>"],
> description: "Generic CPUFreq DT driver",
> license: "GPL v2",
> }
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
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viresh