Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] dt-bindings: gpio: Add a header file for Amlogic C3 SoCs

From: Conor Dooley
Date: Tue Jul 11 2023 - 14:06:01 EST


On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 10:55:40AM +0800, Huqiang Qin wrote:
> Hi Conor,
>
> On 2023/7/11 0:38, Conor Dooley wrote:
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/amlogic,meson-pinctrl-a1.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/amlogic,meson-pinctrl-a1.yaml
> >> index 99080c9eaac3..e019b6aa6ca3 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/amlogic,meson-pinctrl-a1.yaml
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/amlogic,meson-pinctrl-a1.yaml
> >> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ properties:
> >> enum:
> >> - amlogic,meson-a1-periphs-pinctrl
> >> - amlogic,meson-s4-periphs-pinctrl
> >> + - amlogic,c3-periphs-pinctrl
> > Alphanumerical order here perhaps?
>
> Okay
>
> >
> >> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/gpio/amlogic-c3-gpio.h
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
> >> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT) */
> > Any reason to deviate from the usual license terms for bindings, which is
> > "GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause"?
>
> I initially used the license commonly used by Amlogic (reference: meson-s4-gpio.h):
> ```
> /* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT) */
> ```
>
> But when I checked the patch, some warnings appeared:
> ```
> WARNING: DT binding headers should be licensed (GPL-2.0-only OR .*)
> #37: FILE: include/dt-bindings/gpio/amlogic-c3-gpio.h:1:
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT) */
> ```
> So I followed the prompts and changed the license.
>
> Can I ignore this warning and use the (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT) license?

If the tools are happy then I suppose you are okay.. I'll leave that to
Rob or Krzysztof, but if you have a reason for diverging that seems fine
to me.

Thanks,
Conor.

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