From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: robh@kernel.org (Rob Herring) Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 11:16:34 -0600 Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] ARM: dts: Add support for emtrion emCON-MX6 series In-Reply-To: <20171222105642.GD18255@piout.net> References: <95F51F4B902CAC40AF459205F6322F01B7FDFECC3C@BMK019S01.emtrion.local> <20171222104028.GC18255@piout.net> <20171222105642.GD18255@piout.net> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 4:56 AM, Alexandre Belloni wrote: > + Philippe > > On 22/12/2017 at 11:43:33 +0100, Andreas F?rber wrote: >> >> I'll change it for v3 of this patch however it will end up like this: >> >> //SPDX-License... >> > >> > That should be /* SPDX-License */, // is for c files. >> >> Got any reference for that? Since we're using the C preprocessor before >> feeding them to dtc, we can use the same // style for both, builds fine. >> >> Only for my private DT overlay files that I use directly with dtc I >> couldn't adopt that style. We are well past the point of being able to build most dts files with just dtc. > The doc states: > > If a specific tool cannot handle the standard comment style, then the > appropriate comment mechanism which the tool accepts shall be used. This > is the reason for having the "/\* \*/" style comment in C header > files. > > I interpreted that as dtc doesn't handle // comments, use /**/ It's been so long, I'd forgotten that. Perhaps we should fix dtc to handle // comments. > > But I agree it also states: > .dts{i}: // SPDX-License-Identifier: Or we could still change this. The guidelines aren't merged yet. Rob