linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] usb/storage/usual-tables.c: add MODULE

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Message-ID: <20090427152819.GD23851@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:28:19 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] usb/storage/usual-tables.c: add MODULE_LICENSE

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:33:01PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> This patch adds the missing MODULE_LICENSE("GPL").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usual-tables.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usual-tables.c
> index 468bde7..d62ea8f 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/storage/usual-tables.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usual-tables.c
> @@ -114,3 +114,5 @@ int usb_usual_ignore_device(struct usb_interface *intf)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_usual_ignore_device);
> +
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

Why is this needed?  This .c file gets built into either the libusual
module, or the usb-storage module, both of which have module licenses,
right?

confused,

greg k-h
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