Re: [PATCH] rust: module: remove deprecated author key

From: Benno Lossin
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 04:56:19 EST


On Mon Jun 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM CEST, 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 +-
> drivers/gpu/drm/nova/nova.rs | 2 +-
> drivers/gpu/nova-core/nova_core.rs | 2 +-
> rust/kernel/firmware.rs | 2 +-
> rust/macros/module.rs | 6 ------
> samples/rust/rust_configfs.rs | 2 +-
> samples/rust/rust_driver_auxiliary.rs | 2 +-
> 7 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,
Benno