Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/9] drm/xen-front: Introduce Xen para-virtualized frontend driver

[Roger Pau Monné]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:03:34AM +0200, Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Introduce skeleton of the para-virtualized Xen display
> frontend driver. This patch only adds required
> essential stubs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig             |  2 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile            |  1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig         | 17 ++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile        |  5 +++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 108 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> index deeefa7a1773..757825ac60df 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> @@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ source "drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/Kconfig"
>  
>  source "drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/Kconfig"
>  
> +source "drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig"
> +
>  # Keep legacy drivers last
>  
>  menuconfig DRM_LEGACY
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> index 50093ff4479b..9d66657ea117 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> @@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_MXSFB)	+= mxsfb/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_TINYDRM) += tinydrm/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_PL111) += pl111/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_TVE200) += tve200/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_XEN) += xen/
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..4cca160782ab
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> +config DRM_XEN
> +	bool "DRM Support for Xen guest OS"
> +	depends on XEN
> +	help
> +	  Choose this option if you want to enable DRM support
> +	  for Xen.
> +
> +config DRM_XEN_FRONTEND
> +	tristate "Para-virtualized frontend driver for Xen guest OS"
> +	depends on DRM_XEN
> +	depends on DRM
> +	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
> +	select VIDEOMODE_HELPERS
> +	select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
> +	help
> +	  Choose this option if you want to enable a para-virtualized
> +	  frontend DRM/KMS driver for Xen guest OSes.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..967074d348f6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +drm_xen_front-objs := xen_drm_front.o
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_XEN_FRONTEND) += drm_xen_front.o
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..fd372fb464a1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
> +/*
> + *  Xen para-virtual DRM device
> + *
> + *   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 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.

Most Xen drivers in Linux use a dual GPL/BSD license, so that they can
be imported into other non GPL OSes:

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IMO it would be good to release this driver under the same license, so
it can be incorporated into other OSes.

Thanks, Roger.