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Date:   Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:43:22 +0200
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/8] staging: hi6421-spmi-pmic: do some additional
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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".

Is there a proper/recommended way to tell so?

Regards,
Mauro