linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpio: Add GPIO support for Broadcom STB SoCs

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Date:	Thu, 07 May 2015 10:18:49 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpio: Add GPIO support for Broadcom STB SoCs

Just a nit: a license mismatch.

On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 01:37 -0700, Gregory Fong wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-brcmstb.c

> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed "as is" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any
> + * kind, whether express or implied; without even the implied warranty
> + * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.

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 ident used in the MODULE_LICENSE() macro needs to change.

Thanks,


Paul Bolle

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