linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: Use asm-generic/sizes.h

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Message-Id: <201103221110.20861.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:10:20 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Guan Xuetao <gxt@...c.pku.edu.cn>
Cc:	"Russell King - ARM Linux" <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Use asm-generic/sizes.h

On Tuesday 22 March 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 09:34:50AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 March 2011, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > > Commit d232b12 (asm-generic headers: add sizes.h, 2011-01-15)
> > > introduced a generic sizes.h. Use that instead of the ARM specific
> > > version.
> > > 
> > > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de
> 
> I assume the generic version was derived from the ARM version.  Is there
> a reason why ARM Ltd's copyright was seemingly dropped?

I'll let Guan Xuetao answer that, he introduced the file along with the
unicore32 architecture.

I doubt that the contents of this file are copyrightable, but of course
that is normally no reason to remove the notice.

	Arnd
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