linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] mailbox: add support for System Control and Power Interface(SCPI) protocol

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Message-ID: <1430206564.2411.21.camel@x220>
Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:36:04 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
	"Jon Medhurst (Tixy)" <tixy@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mailbox: add support for System Control and Power
 Interface(SCPI) protocol

Just one nit: a license mismatch.

On Mon, 2015-04-27 at 12:40 +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/scpi_protocol.c

> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> + * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
> + * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
> + * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
> + * more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> + * with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

This states the license is GPL v2.

> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

And, according to include/linux/module.h, this states the license is GPL
v2 or later. So I think either the comment at the top of this file or
the license ident used in the MODULE_LICENSE() macro should be changed.

Likewise for 2/4 and 4/4.

Thanks,


Paul Bolle

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