Re: [PATCH v7 3/8] staging: hi6421-spmi-pmic: do some additional cleanups

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

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