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Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:34:26 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: peterhuewe@....de Cc: jacmet@...site.dk, david.daney@...ium.com, chohnstaedt@...ominate.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/phy/bcm87xx: Add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") to GPL driver From: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:44:18 +0200 > Currently the driver has no MODULE_LICENSE attribute in its source which > results in a kernel taint if I load this: > > root@(none):~# modprobe bcm87xx > bcm87xx: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel. > > Since the first lines of the source code clearly state: > * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General > * Public License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this > * archive for more details. > I think it's safe to add the MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") macro and thus remove > the kernel taint. > > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de> Good catch, applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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