Merging multiple ARM start.S files, what about copyright lines?

Hello all,

I am continuing my effort to merge all arch/arm/cpu/**/start.S files into a single arch/arm/cpu/start.S one, keeping as little cpu-specific code as I can.

However, there is a non-technical issue: there are many copyright lines in the files, plus in some case "inherited copyright" when the file's code comes from some other source. Many of these copyright lines are repeated across series of CPUs.

How should I handle this in the final file?

The quickest, and preferred by me, way would be to create the new file with all copyright lines simply "merged", and rely on the git repo to find out who contributed what.

I could also put one "copyright lines block" per original start.S file. That would help make quite a big copyrights section.

And there are certainly many other ways I could do it.

But IANAL (AIDPOOTV, either) and I prefer gathering some input from people who have more experience in this area than I do.

So... any advice welcome on how I should proceed on this point. :)

Amicalement,

Albert.

Dear Albert,

Yes, this makes sense.

This would not add any real information, but just blow up the file.

My vote is going for a merge.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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Hi Wolfgang,

s/help// :)

Thanks.

Amicalement,

Albert.