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SubjectRe: [v3,05/11] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Module info.
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@hpe.com>
> ---
> 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.

Guenter

> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_VERSION(HPWDT_VERSION);
>

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