linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: wlan-ng: Fix full name of the GPL

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Message-ID: <Y8534H/2JvussfAh@kadam>
Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:04:48 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@...ow.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: wlan-ng: Fix full name of the GPL

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 03:51:29PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 08:00:35AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > - You did not specify a description of why the patch is needed, or
> >   possibly, any description at all, in the email body.  Please read the
> >   section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the kernel file,
> >   Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for what is needed in
> >   order to properly describe the change.
> > 
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h (for example) has already SPDX identifier
> that matches the verbose copyright notice below it. 

Resend the patch with a better commit message.

https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/how-to-send-a-v2-patch/

regards,
dan carpenter