linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] virtio_pci: split out legacy device support

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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2014 01:18:02 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] virtio_pci: split out legacy device support

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 08:03:10AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> > Move everything dealing with legacy devices out to virtio_pci_legacy.c.
> > Expose common code APIs in virtio_pci.h
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> 
> This breaks virtio_pci because you deleted the licence from it.
> 
> -- >8 --
> Subject: virtio_pci: Restore module licence and other attributes
> 
> When the virtio_pci driver was moved into virtio_pci_legacy.c the
> module licence and other attributes went AWOL.  This patch restores
> them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

I applied this with a minor tweak, and pushed to linux-next.
Unfortunately it's very late here, so I can't test properly
and send pull request today, but will try to do tomorrow.

The tree with a fix is here:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git for_linus

> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> index 2588252..6b100e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_legacy.c
> @@ -324,3 +324,8 @@ static struct pci_driver virtio_pci_driver = {
>  };
>  
>  module_pci_driver(virtio_pci_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("virtio-pci");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_VERSION("1");
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
> PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
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