Re: [PATCH 1/4] ASoC: max98373: Changed SPDX header in C++ comments style

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:21:56AM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 09:01:58PM -0800, Ryan Lee wrote:

> > > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> > > -/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > >  /* Copyright (c) 2017, Maxim Integrated */

> > Please change the entire header to C++, mixing C and C++ on adjacent
> > lines looks ugly.

> I'm not sure whether it's a good direction to go, either.

> I rather wonder why SPDX line *must* be in C++ comment style...

Apparently it's to remove any ambiguity for the tooling or something,
plus Linus decided he likes C++ comments.

I don't understand why this isn't done as a macro like MODULE_LICENSE()
and so on but the decision was rushed through and not really publicised
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