The patch titled module_author: don't advice putting in an email address has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is module_author-dont-advice-putting-in-an-email-address.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: module_author: don't advice putting in an email address From: Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx> module_author: don't advice putting in an email address It's information that's easily outdated and easily mistaken for a driver contact which is a problem especially for modules with multiple current and non-current authors as well as for modules with a maintainer who may not even be a module author. Signed-off-by: Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/module.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/module.h~module_author-dont-advice-putting-in-an-email-address include/linux/module.h --- a/include/linux/module.h~module_author-dont-advice-putting-in-an-email-address +++ a/include/linux/module.h @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ extern struct module __this_module; */ #define MODULE_LICENSE(_license) MODULE_INFO(license, _license) -/* Author, ideally of form NAME <EMAIL>[, NAME <EMAIL>]*[ and NAME <EMAIL>] */ +/* Author, ideally of form NAME[, NAME]*[ and NAME] */ #define MODULE_AUTHOR(_author) MODULE_INFO(author, _author) /* What your module does. */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch git-alsa.patch module_author-dont-advice-putting-in-an-email-address.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html