linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Use the correct style for SPDX license Identifier

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Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:39:25 +0530
From:   Nishad Kamdar <nishadkamdar@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Use the correct style for SPDX license
 Identifier

On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 07:44:31PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 08:36:24PM +0530, Nishad Kamdar wrote:
> > This patch corrects the style for SPDX license Identifier in mac.h
> > by using "/* */" in place of "//" as per Linux kernel licensing rules.
> > Issue found by checkpatch.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nishad Kamdar <nishadkamdar@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h b/drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h
> > index 94e700fcd0b6..75166020f7c6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/mac.h
> > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> > -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> > -/*
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> 
> Should really be:
> 
> /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Ok, i'll modify it.

Thanks for the review.

Regards,
Nishad