linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: reset: Add bindings for the Meson-AXG SoC Reset Controller

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Date:   Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:14:09 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Yixun Lan <yixun.lan@...ogic.com>
cc:     Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: reset: Add bindings for the Meson-AXG
 SoC Reset Controller

On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

Gentle ping.

> Yixun,
> 
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2017, Yixun Lan wrote:
> 
> > +/*
> > + *
> > + * Copyright (c) 2016 BayLibre, SAS.
> > + * Author: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
> > + *
> > + * Copyright (c) 2017 Amlogic, inc.
> > + * Author: Yixun Lan <yixun.lan@...ogic.com>
> > + *
> > + * SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR BSD)
> 
> There are two things wrong:
> 
>   1) The placement. See Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
> 
>   2) BSD is not a valid license id. You really have to decide which BSD
>      variant to use.
> 
> Please get that fixed as especially #2 is broken. The goal of using SPDX is
> to provide reliable license information for compliance tools.

This still is broken:

# scripts/spdxcheck.py include/dt-bindings/
include/dt-bindings/reset/amlogic,meson-axg-reset.h: 9:41 Invalid License ID: BSD

Thanks,

	tglx