linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon (occ): Fix license headers

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Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 07:19:46 +1100
From:   Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
To:     Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon (occ): Fix license headers

On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 at 06:56, Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:

> --- a/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/occ/common.h
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +// Copyright IBM Corp 2019

We want to use the /* */ syntax for headers. Take a closer look at
Documentation/process/license-rules.rst:

2. Style:

   The SPDX license identifier is added in form of a comment.  The comment
   style depends on the file type::

      C source: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
      C header: /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */