netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethernet: renesas: convert to SPDX identifiers

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Date:   Fri, 7 Sep 2018 12:16:52 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethernet: renesas: convert to SPDX identifiers

On 9/7/2018 12:11 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

>> On 9/7/2018 5:02 AM, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:
>>> From: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>
>>>
>>> This patch updates license to use SPDX-License-Identifier
>>> instead of verbose license text.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/Kconfig    | 1 +
>>>    drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/Makefile   | 1 +
>>>    drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_ptp.c | 6 +-----
>>>    3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/Kconfig
>>> index f3f7477..bb0ebdf 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/Kconfig
>>> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>>    #
>>>    # Renesas device configuration
>>>    #
>>
>>      There was no license at all on this file...
> 
> So it's licensed under GPL-2.0.
> Cfr. e.g. commit 7328c8f48d1895b3 ("PCI: Add SPDX GPL-2.0 when no license
> was specified")

    OK, but then does the patch description match what is being done?

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                          Geert

MBR, Sergei