[PATCH net-next mlxsw v2 3/7] mlxsw: spectrum_switchdev: Publish two functions

[Petr Machata]

Ido Schimmel <idosch at mellanox.com> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 01:08:57AM +0200, Petr Machata wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..bc44d5ef
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0
>> + * drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.h
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>
> Why do we need both the SPDX line and this boilerplate?

We need the full text until the lawyers say we don't. We need SPDX to
satiate checkpatch. I can drop the latter if we can live with the
checkpatch citation.

Petr