linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: bcm-phy-lib: Fix module license issue

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Message-ID: <561FDE2B.7090205@broadcom.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:11:07 -0700
From:	Arun Parameswaran <aparames@...adcom.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Arun Parameswaran <arunp@...adcom.com>
CC:	"f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: bcm-phy-lib: Fix module license issue



On 15-10-14 06:39 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Arun Parameswaran <arunp@...adcom.com>
> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:40:12 -0700
>
>> The 'bcm-phy-lib.c', added as a part of the commit
>> "net: phy: Add Broadcom phy library for common interfaces"
>> was missing the module license. This was causing an issue
>> when the library is built as a module; "module license
>> 'unspecified' taints kernel".
>>
>> This patch fixes the issue by adding the module license,
>> author and description to the bcm-phy-lib.c file.
>>
>> Fixes: a1cba5613edf5 ("net: phy: Add Broadcom phy library for common
>> interfaces")
>> Signed-off-by: Arun Parameswaran <arunp@...adcom.com>
> This patch doesn't apply to my net-next tree at all.

There is a mismatch in the 'git diff' output, for the last 3 lines in
bcm-phy-lib.c

For some reason the patch I created has '@@ -207,3 +208,6 @@', instead of
'@@ -206,3 +207,7 @@', when created from the 'net-next'.

I will send out a patch based on the 'net-next'.

Thanks
Arun


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