Re: [PATCH 4/5] stmmac: add ipq806x glue layer

[Paul Bolle]

Just a nit: a license mismatch.

On Tue, 2015-05-26 at 12:27 -0700, Mathieu Olivari wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-ipq806x.c

> + * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
> + * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
> + * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
> + *
> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
> + * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
> + * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
> + * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
> + * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
> + * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
> + * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

I have no idea which license this is.

> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

But I do know that it's not GPL v2 or later (see
include/linux/module.h).


Paul Bolle

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