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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUqfRioTBV27AKx9zv9YuSqEod6x+A4aguf=h20TDXr6w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:37:47 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Nishad Kamdar <nishadkamdar@...il.com>
Cc:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
        Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] pinctrl: sh-pfc: Use the correct style for SPDX
 License Identifier

Hi Nishad,

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 5:46 PM Nishad Kamdar <nishadkamdar@...il.com> wrote:
> This patch corrects the SPDX License Identifier style in
> header files related to Reneses Soc pinctrl driver.
> It assigns explicit block comment for the SPDX License Identifier.

Is it incorrect to not have an explicit block comment?
Other recommendations have been to integrate the SPDX comment line
into an existing comment header, if it exists....

> Changes made by using a script provided by Joe Perches here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/7/46.
>
> Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nishad Kamdar <nishadkamdar@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h   | 4 ++--
>  drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/sh_pfc.h | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h
> index b5b1d163e98a..5ad0ab8f9e14 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> - *
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
>   * SuperH Pin Function Controller support.
>   *
>   * Copyright (C) 2012  Renesas Solutions Corp.
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/sh_pfc.h b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/sh_pfc.h
> index 640d2a4cb838..fff9cbb7a0f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/sh_pfc.h
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/sh_pfc.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> - *
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
>   * SuperH Pin Function Controller Support
>   *
>   * Copyright (c) 2008 Magnus Damm

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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