Re: [PATCH 04/21] eeprom: at24: use SPDX identifier instead of GPL boiler-plate

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 01:56:28PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> 2018-03-19 13:51 GMT+01:00 Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se>:
> > On 2018-03-19 13:12, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> >> 2018-03-19 12:03 GMT+01:00 Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se>:
> >>> Also, use a // style comment for the SPDX line in C files.
> >>
> >> I'm seeing both /* */ and // style comments used for SPDX headers - is
> >> there any reason not to use /* */ here?
> >
> > Documentation/process/license-rules.rst states:
> >
> > 2. Style:
> >
> >    The SPDX license identifier is added in form of a comment.  The comment
> >    style depends on the file type::
> >
> >       C source: // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
> >       C header: /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */
> >       ASM:      /* SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression> */
> >       scripts:  # SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
> >       .rst:     .. SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
> >       .dts{i}:  // SPDX-License-Identifier: <SPDX License Expression>
> >
> > Read more in that file for reasons. If there are none, I personally
> > think the reason is that "Linus said so". Or something like that?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> 
> Makes sense, thanks.
> 
> I'm thinking about dropping this file from this series and submitting
> it separately for Greg to Ack.
> 
> Unless he sees our exchange and acks it here. :)

I can't ack a patch that is incorrect :(

Please fix it up and resend...

thanks,

greg k-h