RE: [char-misc] mei: convert to SPDX license tags

From: Winkler, Tomas
Date: Sun Mar 10 2019 - 06:14:11 EST


> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:03:23PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I can not take patches without any changelog text.

Ok, my mistake.
>
> Especially a patch that does not actually do what your subject: line says it does.

Yep, I should be more verbose.
>
> > --- a/drivers/misc/mei/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/Makefile
> > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> > # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > #
> > # Makefile - Intel Management Engine Interface (Intel MEI) Linux
> > driver -# Copyright (c) 2010-2014, Intel Corporation.
> > +# Copyright (c) 2010-2019, Intel Corporation.
> > #
> > obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_MEI) += mei.o
> > mei-objs := init.o
>
> As an example, why did you update this copyright line? That has nothing to do
> with the SPDX identifier :(

Right, will update the commit message.
>
>
> > --- a/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/client.c
> > @@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > /*
> > + * Copyright(c) 2003-2019, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
> > *
> > * Intel Management Engine Interface (Intel MEI) Linux driver
> > - * Copyright (c) 2003-2012, Intel Corporation.
>
> Are you _SURE_ you mean to change the dates of the copyright in this manner
> for this file (and elsewhere?) Was the copyright really updated every year for
> the past 7 years?

Yes, this particular file was updated, will go over other files.

>
> Please break this up into two (at the least) patches and resend as a series.

Can you be please, more specific what split are you expecting.
>
> This patch makes me feel like it is a kernel intern application process patch,
> and that's not good, you all know better than this. No, sorry, I take that back,
> the intern application patches are of much higher quality...
>
Have hard time to put the soul into it, where it comes to legal :)
Will fix.
Tomas