linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] License cleanup: add SPDX license identifiers to some kernel files

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFztHNXFW+Abm+BtZyEmXKe8pgdo1+_d6mx1sc1PEF0fag@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2017 11:18:59 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] License cleanup: add SPDX license identifiers to some
 kernel files

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> Oh I wish that were the case :(
>
> Thomas and I fought with the vdso build logic[1], and some other
> arch-specific stuff for a good day trying to track down all of the
> individual .h files that were getting pulled in by gcc to spit out a .S
> file.

Hmm. I thought we fixed those things long ago..

Commit fe58fc8f4025 ("x86: wipe out traditional opt from x86_64
Makefile") removed our use of -traditional back in 2008.

But I do note that the PPC build still seems to have it.

But yeah, maybe there is something else odd about *.S files still.

               Linus