Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On 19 Jun 2006 05:20:23 -0400 Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Silicon Graphics, Inc.");
>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for SGI SN special memory operations");
>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>> +MODULE_INFO(supported, "external");
>
> What does that last line mean? what does "external" mean?
> There are no other source files in the 2.6.17 tree that say
> anything like that.
Hi Randy,
I actually don't know where that comes from, we can just say supported.
> And of the 1800+ MODULE_AUTHOR() lines, SGI seems to be
> dominant is using company instead of a person for AUTHOR.
> Yes, there are a few others as well.
I inherited the code from someone else who probably inherited it parts
of it from somewhere else. However the point is that SGI as a company is
willing to take responsibility for the code.
Cheers,
Jes
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