linux-kernel - Re: MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") not working for me

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Date:	Fri, 7 Oct 2011 20:18:26 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Stephen Williams <steveicarus@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") not working for me

On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 10:20:46AM -0700, Stephen Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Stephen Williams <steveicarus@...il.com> wrote:
> > I have some large drivers for use in embedded arm systems, and
> > I want them to be GPL, because I want to use some symbols exported
> > as GPL, and also because I just wanna. But it is not working for
> > me. I've attached my Makefile. I'm building from outside the kernel
> > tree, but that should be OK. (right?) I'm using the following script to
> > actually build:
> 
> More information: I can see that the vidfor.o object file, indeed
> none of my *.o files, have a .modinfo section. In other situations
> where the licens stamp works, the .modinfo section is present.
> I'm using the CodeSourcery build of the arm toolchain, and in
> the simple cases (module that is a single source file) the
> modinfo information works. Hmm...

I lost the original mail...
Could you try to post the output of make V=2 when you build your module
and the Makefile fragment again.

	Sam
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