linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] kbuild, PCI: microchip: comment out MODULE

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Message-ID: <Y+kx3fb2Lzlg+u5+@unreal>
Date:   Sun, 12 Feb 2023 20:37:17 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>
Cc:     Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>, mcgrof@...nel.org,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] kbuild, PCI: microchip: comment out MODULE_LICENSE
 in non-modules

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 08:10:43PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 07:26:38PM +0000, Nick Alcock wrote:
> > On 10 Feb 2023, Conor Dooley said:
> > > FYI $subject seems wrong, this is a PCI patch AFAICT.

<...>

> > kbuild is present in every patch in the series because this is a
> > kbuild-driven change (the thing it disturbs is part of the build system,
> > the construction of modules.builtin*). This seems to be common practice
> > for kbuild-related treewide changes.
> 
> Okay, I'll take your word for it. It just looked/looks odd to me!

It looks odd to me too. Please add SPDX tag in modules which don't have
it already, instead of commenting code.

Thanks