Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: don't split Author string

From: Ian Abbott
Date: Mon Jun 22 2015 - 07:44:52 EST


On 20/06/15 21:14, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
fixes checkpatch.pl WARNING: quoted string split across lines

+MODULE_AUTHOR("David A. Schleef <ds@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "
+ "Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");

total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 114 lines checked

Modules with multiple authors have a MODULE_AUTHOR line for each one.

Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das08_cs.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das08_cs.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das08_cs.c
index 93fab68..9c02b17 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das08_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das08_cs.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static struct pcmcia_driver das08_cs_driver = {
};
module_comedi_pcmcia_driver(driver_das08_cs, das08_cs_driver);

-MODULE_AUTHOR("David A. Schleef <ds@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "
- "Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("David A. Schleef <ds@xxxxxxxxxxx>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Comedi driver for ComputerBoards DAS-08 PCMCIA boards");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");


Okay, it would be nice if the patch subject line mentioned the name of the module, but this is the only one in COMEDI with a split author line.

Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>

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