Re: [v3,05/11] watchdog/hpwdt: Update Module info.

[Guenter Roeck]

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.

Guenter

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