Re: [PATCH 3/3] dt-bindings: iio: adc: add lltc,ltc2309 bindings

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Sat Aug 26 2023 - 04:41:01 EST


On 25/08/2023 17:53, Liam Beguin wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 08:15:57AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 24/08/2023 20:50, Liam Beguin wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 07:56:29PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 24/08/2023 18:55, Liam Beguin wrote:
>>>>> Add devicetree bindings for the Linear Technology LTC2309 ADC driver.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Liam Beguin <liambeguin@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your patch. There is something to discuss/improve.
>>>>
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/lltc,ltc2309.yaml
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
>>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>>>
>>>> Wrong license. Run checkpatch before sending patches.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry about that, I ran it through checkpatch but it didn't flag
>>> anything.
>>
>> No, you didn't, because checkpatch flags it easily:
>>
>> WARNING: DT binding documents should be licensed (GPL-2.0-only OR
>> BSD-2-Clause)
>> #21: FILE: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/lltc,ltc2309.yaml:1:
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>
>> total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 52 lines checked
>
> It seems like I wasn't running checkpatch in strict mode.

No. This was not a strict mode but a regular run. I don't understand why
you are turning this all the time around... You can easily check by
yourself and reproduce the warning any time.


Best regards,
Krzysztof