On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 08:19:23AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 04:43:54PM -0700, Jerry Hoemann wrote:
> > Update Module Author and description to reflect changes in driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> > index d5989acf3e37..71e49d0ab789 100644
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
> > @@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ static struct pci_driver hpwdt_driver = {
> > .remove = hpwdt_exit,
> > };
> >
> > -MODULE_AUTHOR("Tom Mingarelli");
> > -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hp watchdog driver");
> > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Jerry Hoemann");
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hpe watchdog driver");
>
> It is quite unusual to replace an author name. The original author is
> still the original author and should be retained. Adding another author
> is fine, but I disagree with the removal.
Wasn't intending to usurp Tom's credit (I left him in as Author in
comment block at top of file.) But as Tom has retired, I didn't want
anyone having problems with the rewrite of the driver to bother him
about it.
I'll redact this change.
>
> Guenter
>
> > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > MODULE_VERSION(HPWDT_VERSION);
> >
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