diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
index 957d1255d4ca3248e02f6f2387654297f629e646..848db958411e387d004231b3247b18455acbcd2d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	Acquire Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer driver
  *
@@ -6,11 +7,6 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
index 2766af292a714a6ef2e258c7e79d4cfba3f3c1ed..0d02bb275b3dde0bd45c04c47700179ccd6713d8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	Advantech Single Board Computer WDT driver
  *
@@ -9,11 +10,6 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
index 49a81c32a1b7a41d7e8d9117acb37d939d0db8ce..2b3f3cd382ef659a0bff310b774f7f330b2a1877 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * drivers/char/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
  *
@@ -5,10 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Texas Instruments.
  *
- * 2007 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc. This file is licensed under
- * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. This program
- * is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, whether express
- * or implied.
+ * 2007 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
index c176f59fea28fdecc4a899f4fe284b2da73a3b2d..8ef4b0df3855f401d29750543d78db71456f8def 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ebc-c384_wdt.c
@@ -2,15 +2,6 @@
 /*
  * Watchdog timer driver for the WinSystems EBC-C384
  * Copyright (C) 2016 William Breathitt Gray
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
  */
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
index 89129e6fa9b682964d36178d3279f2d3dc3d9933..3a83a48abcae73f9ee48903ae4027481f46b5ade 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	Eurotech CPU-1220/1410/1420 on board WDT driver
  *
@@ -11,11 +12,6 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
index 68a9d9cc2eb8337a8c7edb498083acc9f37ec29a..4f1b96f59349666ca78b1e9e7a6253ed6c9acc60 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	intel TCO vendor specific watchdog driver support
  *
  *	(c) Copyright 2006-2009 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw. admit liability nor
  *	provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *	provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
@@ -216,4 +212,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>, "
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel TCO Vendor Specific WatchDog Timer Driver Support");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
index 89cea6ce9a08f2eabc9c4a31ec26e57fc075eae0..c559f706ae7ed4f6571d4ab60906e4ec17d79a7d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	intel TCO Watchdog Driver
  *
  *	(c) Copyright 2006-2011 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw. admit liability nor
  *	provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *	provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
index 30d6cec582af6a1de24a6e4584bc22e6f6742031..92fd7f33bc4d50cbe73d0c301710321b2d90f0bd 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	IB700 Single Board Computer WDT driver
  *
@@ -14,11 +15,6 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
index c785f4f0a1967cc7c61fef00c23e0f4e571dbb37..74bf7144a9704943180d9b8aeaf221f5884e1213 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * mv64x60_wdt.c - MV64X60 (Marvell Discovery) watchdog userspace interface
  *
@@ -9,10 +10,7 @@
  *
  * Derived from mpc8xx_wdt.c, with the following copyright.
  *
- * 2002 (c) Florian Schirmer <jolt@tuxbox.org> This file is licensed under
- * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. This program
- * is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, whether express
- * or implied.
+ * 2002 (c) Florian Schirmer <jolt@tuxbox.org>
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.h b/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.h
index c2d1d04e055b242889f4751172b214d211199259..d325e528010f9b5e6393a8c7cd51aa1c61fc2779 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.h
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
 /*
  *	nv_tco:	TCO timer driver for nVidia chipsets.
  *
@@ -10,11 +11,6 @@
  *	Reserved.
  *				http://www.kernelconcepts.de
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither kernel concepts nor Nils Faerber admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c b/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c
index 0ec419a3f7ed1786dab15392d718e2a73bceb2da..fde9e739b43611c43fca353c6cfc5580eb77c02a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/octeon-wdt-main.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  * Octeon Watchdog driver
  *
@@ -10,22 +11,12 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
  *
  *	(c) Copyright 1995    Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
  *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- *
  * The OCTEON watchdog has a maximum timeout of 2^32 * io_clock.
  * For most systems this is less than 10 seconds, so to allow for
  * software to request longer watchdog heartbeats, we maintain software
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
index d49688d93f6ae156ab3db095f85bdd0261603813..9b91882fe3c411dcac5c2f027cb0c54074828cc8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * omap_wdt.c
  *
@@ -6,10 +7,7 @@
  * Author: MontaVista Software, Inc.
  *	 <gdavis@mvista.com> or <source@mvista.com>
  *
- * 2003 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc. This file is licensed under the
- * terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. This program is
- * licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, whether express
- * or implied.
+ * 2003 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc.
  *
  * History:
  *
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.h b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.h
index 42f31ec5e90d0e0a3ff65034a322532635f12d12..950b4643f3e7fd428be3e13547725b1ca8aef5e9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.h
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
 /*
  *  linux/drivers/char/watchdog/omap_wdt.h
  *
@@ -5,26 +6,6 @@
  *      OMAP Watchdog timer register definitions
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2004 Texas Instruments.
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
- *  under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
- *  Free Software Foundation;  either version 2 of the  License, or (at your
- *  option) any later version.
- *
- *  THIS  SOFTWARE  IS PROVIDED   ``AS  IS'' AND   ANY  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
- *  WARRANTIES,   INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- *  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN
- *  NO  EVENT  SHALL   THE AUTHOR  BE    LIABLE FOR ANY   DIRECT, INDIRECT,
- *  INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
- *  NOT LIMITED   TO, PROCUREMENT OF  SUBSTITUTE GOODS  OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
- *  USE, DATA,  OR PROFITS; OR  BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
- *  ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN  CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- *  (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
- *  THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the  GNU General Public License along
- *  with this program; if not, write  to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- *  675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
 
 #ifndef _OMAP_WATCHDOG_H
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
index ca21d6c240a365918774dfb4215f2b138e21e78c..2af1a8b3f97338cc18110306a64fda5a3bf9d667 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *      NS pc87413-wdt Watchdog Timer driver for Linux 2.6.x.x
  *
@@ -6,11 +7,6 @@
  *      (C) Copyright 2006 Sven Anders, <anders@anduras.de>
  *                     and Marcus Junker, <junker@anduras.de>
  *
- *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *      as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *      2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *      Neither Sven Anders, Marcus Junker nor ANDURAS AG
  *      admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software.
  *      This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
index 5773d2591d3f1c8385902ced827b0ad49ee9908e..e30c1f762045115de958caab7540d06bdb114af0 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	Berkshire PCI-PC Watchdog Card Driver
  *
@@ -10,11 +11,6 @@
  *	  Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>,
  *	  Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw. admit liability nor
  *	provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *	provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
index 5de6182dae33b95e707bf210e2998914baec78eb..6727f8ab2d182dbbe243c57bcb2fd5b063dbe398 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	Berkshire USB-PC Watchdog Card Driver
  *
@@ -10,11 +11,6 @@
  *	  Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>,
  *	  Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw. admit liability nor
  *	provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *	provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
index 124b1c66dc29955daa6f2c8369e6092dbb014450..7b446b696f2bb24a23c94d7c4e7b22394e71fe0b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * drivers/char/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
  *
@@ -11,10 +12,6 @@
  * 2005-2006 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc.
  *
  * (C) 2012 Wolfram Sang, Pengutronix
- *
- * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any
- * kind, whether express or implied.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/retu_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/retu_wdt.c
index 39cd51df2ffc76ac8a3d795c41fb9a859b4b33dc..258dfcf9cbdada75e1b4073d1dc818ca9d913c22 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/retu_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/retu_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  * Retu watchdog driver
  *
@@ -5,15 +6,6 @@
  *
  * Based on code written by Amit Kucheria and Michael Buesch.
  * Rewritten by Aaro Koskinen.
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General
- * Public License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this
- * archive for more details.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
index bfa035e1a75e5ddfd92ee57040a66dd1334ffe0d..cbd8c957182fd808ea6078a23bf26d3ddd9ab0e1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	Watchdog driver for the SA11x0/PXA2xx
  *
  *	(c) Copyright 2000 Oleg Drokin <green@crimea.edu>
  *	    Based on SoftDog driver by Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Oleg Drokin nor iXcelerator.com admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
index efc81b318939dea7af08dcceef392c850aa1a757..12cdee7d5069ccdca795de93f8e64e9b37530601 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  *	NANO7240 SBC Watchdog device driver
  *
  *	Based on w83877f.c by Scott Jennings,
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- *	published by the Free Software Foundation;
- *
- *	Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
- *	basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
- *	implied. See the License for the specific language governing
- *	rights and limitations under the License.
- *
  *	(c) Copyright 2007  Gilles GIGAN <gilles.gigan@jcu.edu.au>
- *
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
index 3396024e7b761d64f8e3ae2f44e116a583be25d1..4f8b9912fc519c4cd7f59c89447a851578d25c1b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	SBC8360 Watchdog driver
  *
@@ -19,11 +20,6 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
index ed6e9fac5d743cc0123b183e7645024c22cea79b..3612f1df381b677a50e0bb05f05790a7f64172d1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	sch311x_wdt.c - Driver for the SCH311x Super-I/O chips
  *			integrated watchdog.
  *
  *	(c) Copyright 2008 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw. admit liability nor
  *	provide warranty for any of this software. This material is
  *	provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
index 0607406254856a4d071cf48f1338f6ce124747e4..3e4885c1545e605ee7a33a4a05d545cae16e6f4c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	SoftDog:	A Software Watchdog Device
  *
  *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *							All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
index 3a49ba9ea608388d5b77a39ddc98b6a780b473da..38b31e9947aa7609dbcab752149e8473bc0dee29 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	w83627hf/thf WDT driver
  *
@@ -17,11 +18,6 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
index 0a8073b419f89f5bd7bf52709e44024d26c90a48..6d2071a0590d6eebb168dfa369d2a185ca4ca67b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	ICP Wafer 5823 Single Board Computer WDT driver
  *	http://www.icpamerica.com/wafer_5823.php
@@ -13,11 +14,6 @@
  *	(c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
index cf3247224a6eb41ac96573307683ffd48373c777..21e8085b848b8f17516d9645ea107e084710a029 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	watchdog_core.c
  *
@@ -16,11 +17,6 @@
  *	  Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>
  *	  Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox, CymruNet Ltd., Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw.
  *	admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software.
  *	This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
index 86ff962d1e15db97a1c64d6bd42989319ca0bc63..a5062e8e0d137bd535a583d7e2bd687d2f59609b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
 /*
  *	watchdog_core.h
  *
@@ -16,11 +17,6 @@
  *	  Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>
  *	  Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox, CymruNet Ltd., Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw.
  *	admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software.
  *	This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index edfb884044e03f167510037c6542c87620185d70..dbd2ad4c929481fa95fcbbb03a713c81704a5305 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	watchdog_dev.c
  *
@@ -20,11 +21,6 @@
  *	  Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>
  *	  Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox, CymruNet Ltd., Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw.
  *	admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software.
  *	This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wd501p.h b/drivers/watchdog/wd501p.h
index 0e3a497d5626ea35abbf42defdba0f4e55be2f6f..43a4d88fd363d9848d4731cb5dd53ebd1ab2aa13 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wd501p.h
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wd501p.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0+ */
 /*
  *	Industrial Computer Source WDT500/501 driver
  *
@@ -11,12 +12,7 @@
  *
  *	http://www.cymru.net
  *
- *	This driver is provided under the GNU General Public License,
- *	incorporated herein by reference. The driver is provided without
- *	warranty or support.
- *
  *	Release 0.04.
- *
  */
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
index 3d2f5ed60e882e25ca74f7cf7ae1d4febc3cbb0d..0650100fad001e1c337f7f9839e1dd82dc8945df 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	Industrial Computer Source WDT501 driver
  *
  *	(c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
index ff3a41f47127060692ca5294cf591279dd8abf16..66303ab95685dca8544e40587b09663b0f47d2fa 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
  *	Industrial Computer Source PCI-WDT500/501 driver
  *
  *	(c) Copyright 1996-1997 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
  *						All Rights Reserved.
  *
- *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
  *	warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
  *	"AS-IS" and at no charge.