[U-Boot] [RFC] Migrate to Linux Kernel style SPDX Tags for v2018.05

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 02:35:16AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 04/26/2018 01:26 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > This was already brought up by  Heinrich Schuchardt, but didn't get much
> > traction.  So, I'm bringing it up again now.  The little feedback from
> > that thread was we should move to Linux Kernel style tags.  I'm going to
> > propose that we do just that, for v2018.05.  I'll play with coccinelle
> > to get it done.  Comments?  Thanks!
> 
> We rejected C++ style comments for a long long time , both in U-Boot and
> in Linux. Why do we accept them now ? I find them horrid and they only
> bring inconsistency into the coding style.

The only place they'll now be allowed, just like with the Linux Kernel,
is for the first line SDPX tag in some file formats.  Bringing us in
line with how the kernel goes is overall a good thing I believe.

-- 
Tom
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