Re: [patch 0/2] LICENSES: Fix fallout from recent SPDX conversions

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Wed Jan 16 2019 - 16:56:22 EST


On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:26:51 +0100
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Recent SPDX conversions introduced new wreckage:
>
> arch/sh/lib/ashiftrt.S: 1:42 Invalid Exception ID: GCC-exception-2.0
> ...
> arch/sh/include/mach-ecovec24/mach/partner-jet-setup.txt: 1:38 Invalid token: "
> ,,,
>
> The first group is due to using an exception identifier without adding the
> exception text to the LICENSES directory.
>
> The second one is due to the magic conment format in the SuperH bootcode
> files.
>
> At least the first one could have been caught by checkpatch.pl:
>
> WARNING: 'SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ WITH GCC-exception-2.0' is not supported in LICENSES/...
> #38: FILE: arch/sh/lib/ashiftrt.S:1:
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ WITH GCC-exception-2.0
>
> ....
>
> The following series addresses both issues.

I've applied both to the docs tree, thanks.

jon