Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] gpio: loongson1: Convert to SPDX identifier

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 3:25 AM Keguang Zhang <keguang.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 5:29 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 1:52 PM Keguang Zhang <keguang.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Use SPDX-License-Identifier instead of the license text and
> > > update the author information.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Keguang Zhang <keguang.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > V1 -> V2: Keep GPLv2, just convert to SPDX identifier
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpio/gpio-loongson1.c | 9 +++------
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-loongson1.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-loongson1.c
> > > index 5d90b3bc5a25..8862c9ea0d41 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-loongson1.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-loongson1.c
> > > @@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > >  /*
> > >   * GPIO Driver for Loongson 1 SoC
> > >   *
> > > - * Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Zhang, Keguang <keguang.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > - *
> > > - * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
> > > - * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
> > > - * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Keguang Zhang <keguang.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >   */
> > >
> > >  #include <linux/module.h>
> > > @@ -90,6 +87,6 @@ static struct platform_driver ls1x_gpio_driver = {
> > >
> > >  module_platform_driver(ls1x_gpio_driver);
> > >
> > > -MODULE_AUTHOR("Kelvin Cheung <keguang.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>");
> >
> > Why are you removing credits of the old author?
> Kelvin Cheung and Keguang Zhang are the same person.
> This change is to keep pace with the related entry of MAINTAINERS.
>

Even so - how could I have possibly known this? Please put it into the
commit message, it's crucial information for this change.

Bart