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Message-ID: <20120925064702.GH26600@darwin>
Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:47:02 +0200
From:	Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias@...hlcke.net>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the mfd tree

Hi Stephen,

El Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 01:47:35PM +1000 Stephen Rothwell ha dit:

> After merging the mfd tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> failed like this:
> 
> FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module tps65217_bl.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'platform_driver_unregister'
> 
> Caused by commit dbc14ec43af2 ("backlight: Add TPS65217 WLED driver").
> 
> I have used the mfd tree from next-20120924 for today.

the module license of that driver is "GPLv2", apparently this should
be "GPL v2". for testing i used a built-in driver, so i didn't see the
problem.

i will submit a patch with the corrected license string later this day

best regards

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