linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [net-next] net: dwc-xlgmac: add module license

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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:53:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     jiedeng@...opsys.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [net-next] net: dwc-xlgmac: add module license

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 09:51:13 +0100

> When building the driver as a module, we get a warning about the
> lack of a license:
> 
> WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc-xlgmac.o
> see include/linux/module.h for more information
> 
> Curiously the text in the .c files only mentions GPLv2+, while the license
> tag in the PCI driver contains both GPL and BSD. I picked the license text
> as the more definite reference here and put a GPL tag in there.
> 
> Fixes: 65e0ace2c5cd ("net: dwc-xlgmac: Initial driver for DesignWare Enterprise Ethernet")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied.