linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-rbtn: Block comments use * on subsequent lines

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Message-ID: <CAOFm3uGVjKxk8B-LRGEFMTC_AT78pFFfz2pjixC4up4Kn8b+pQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:57:15 +0100
From:   Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
To:     Dhaval Shah <dhaval.shah@...tnautics.com>
Cc:     "pali.rohar@...il.com" <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-rbtn: Block comments use * on
 subsequent lines

Dhaval,

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Dhaval Shah
<dhaval.shah@...tnautics.com> wrote:

<snip>
> > And for a short comment block like this, Linus preference is to avoid
> > mixing comment style and go all the way C++ style as in:
> >
> > > // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > // Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver
> > > // Copyright (C) 2014-2015  Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> > >
> > > ... for even less boilerplate ;)
>
> Thanks a lot for the link.
> Do you want to me to update along with SPDX in this patchset with V2 or we will update in the next patchset once this patch merge?

That's not for me to decide, I am just a lowly licensing elf helper scruffy!

PS: you might want to avoid sending HTML email on lkml, FWIW.

-- 
Cordially
Philippe Ombredanne