From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Cc: linuxarm@huawei.com, mauro.chehab@huawei.com,
Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/8] staging: hi6421-spmi-pmic: do some additional cleanups
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:49:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YNS3gICIOD/HOx2N@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210624174322.0fe582f0@coco.lan>
On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 05:43:22PM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:26:41 +0200
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> escreveu:
>
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 04:01:32PM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > Before moving this driver out of staging, do a couple of
> > > cleanups, in order to make the driver clearer.
> > >
> > > No functional changes.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c | 122 ++++++++++--------
> > > .../hikey9xx/hisilicon,hi6421-spmi-pmic.yaml | 7 +-
> > > 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c b/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c
> > > index 626140cb96f2..252b731e272d 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/hikey9xx/hi6421-spmi-pmic.c
> > > @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
> > > /*
> > > * Device driver for regulators in HISI PMIC IC
> > > *
> > > - * Copyright (c) 2013 Linaro Ltd.
> > > - * Copyright (c) 2011 Hisilicon.
> > > - * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
> > > + * Copyright (c) 2013- Linaro Ltd.
> > > + * Copyright (c) 2011- Hisilicon.
> >
> > What does the "-" mean here? That does not mean from 2013-present.
>
> I'm pretty sure I found some copyright notes using this convention
> somewhere to mean "2013-present".
That is not a valid copyright date assignment listing. There is no way
to say something like this as it does not make any sense. The years
need to be listed individually or as a range.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-24 16:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-24 14:01 [PATCH v7 0/8] Move Hisilicon 6421v600 SPMI and USB drivers out of staging Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2021-06-24 14:01 ` [PATCH v7 1/8] staging: phy-hi3670-usb3: do a some minor cleanups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2021-06-24 14:01 ` [PATCH v7 2/8] staging: hisi-spmi-controller: rename spmi-channel property Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2021-06-24 14:01 ` [PATCH v7 3/8] staging: hi6421-spmi-pmic: do some additional cleanups Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2021-06-24 14:26 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-06-24 15:43 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2021-06-24 16:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2021-06-24 14:27 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-06-24 14:01 ` [PATCH v7 4/8] phy: phy-hi3670-usb3: move driver from staging into phy Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2021-06-24 14:01 ` [PATCH v7 5/8] spmi: hisi-spmi-controller: move driver from staging Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2021-06-24 14:01 ` [PATCH v7 6/8] mfd: hi6421-spmi-pmic: " Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2021-06-24 14:27 ` [PATCH v7 0/8] Move Hisilicon 6421v600 SPMI and USB drivers out of staging Greg Kroah-Hartman
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