Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:18:56 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: MODULE_MAINTAINER |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:32:36 +0200 Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Provide MODULE_MAINTAINER() as a convenient place to stick a name and email > address both for drivers having multiple (current and non-current) authors > and for when someone who wants to maintain a driver isn't so much an author. > > Signed-off-by: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> > === > > Rene. > > > > [module_maintainer2.diff text/plain (604B)] > diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h > index 10f771a..3c54774 100644 > --- a/include/linux/module.h > +++ b/include/linux/module.h > @@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ extern struct module __this_module; > /* Author, ideally of form NAME <EMAIL>[, NAME <EMAIL>]*[ and NAME <EMAIL>] */ > #define MODULE_AUTHOR(_author) MODULE_INFO(author, _author) > > +/* Maintainer, ideally of form NAME <EMAIL> */ > +#define MODULE_MAINTAINER(_maintainer) \ > + MODULE_AUTHOR("(Maintained by) "_maintainer) > +
I'm not sure we want to do this - that's what ./MAINTAINERS is for and we end up having to maintain the same info in two places.
I actually use git-whatchanged if I'm unsure who to blame^Wask for help on a particular piece of code.
An easy way of doing this is to go to http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree then drill down to the file and hit the "history" link. That will tell you who is *really* doing work on the particular code. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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