Re: [PATCH] i2c: Use separate MODULE_AUTHOR() statements for multiple authors

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Hi Jarrko,

On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:11:42 +0300, Jarkko Nikula wrote:
> Modules with multiple authors should use multiple MODULE_AUTHOR()
> statements. Split the i2c modules with multiple authors to use multiple
> MODULE_AUTHOR() statements.

Out of curiosity, is this documented anywhere, and what is the
rationale? FWIW, this change slightly increases the binary size of the
modules.

> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I decided to change all these modules in one patch. I can split if needed.
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-pca.c   | 4 ++--
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali1535.c   | 8 ++++----
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali15x3.c   | 6 +++---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-emev2.c     | 3 ++-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c      | 3 ++-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c     | 4 ++--
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c       | 3 ++-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sh_mobile.c | 3 ++-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sibyte.c    | 3 ++-
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c              | 4 ++--
>  10 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> (...)

If that's the way we are going then the patch looks good.

Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>

However I see multi-author MODULE_AUTHOR() statements left in
i2c-nomadik.c, i2c-sirf.c and i2c-viapro.c, any reason why these are
not included in your patch?

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support



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