On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:23:24 +0300, Jarkko Nikula wrote: > Hi > > On 6/11/20 1:02 PM, Jean Delvare wrote: > > 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. > > > I randomly spotted it in i2c-i801.c and started wonder since typically > I've seen multiple MODULE_AUTHOR() lines. Only mention about it I > quickly found was in include/linux/module.h: > > /* > * Author(s), use "Name <email>" or just "Name", for multiple > * authors use multiple MODULE_AUTHOR() statements/lines. > */ > #define MODULE_AUTHOR(_author) MODULE_INFO(author, _author) OK, that's authoritative enough for sure. Go ahead! :-) -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support
