Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: sja1105: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Mon Oct 14 2019 - 09:00:29 EST


On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 01:46:26PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Hi Nishad,
>
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 15:39, Nishad Kamdar <nishadkamdar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This patch corrects the SPDX License Identifier style
> > in header files related to Distributed Switch Architecture
> > drivers for NXP SJA1105 series Ethernet switch support.
> > For C header files Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
> > mandates C-like comments (opposed to C source files where
> > C++ style should be used)
> >
> > Changes made by using a script provided by Joe Perches here:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/7/46.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Nishad Kamdar <nishadkamdar@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Your commit message has nothing to do with what you're fixing, but
> whatever. The SPDX identifiers _are_ using C-like comments.

Agreed. Please fix the commit message, and maybe make the script
generating the commit message, so future uses of it will get the
message correct.

Thanks
Andrew