linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] misc: Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver

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Message-ID: <20210211135019.GI1275163@unreal>
Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:50:19 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Gustavo Pimentel <Gustavo.Pimentel@...opsys.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Derek Kiernan <derek.kiernan@...inx.com>,
        Dragan Cvetic <dragan.cvetic@...inx.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] misc: Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 01:32:13PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 01:42:43PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:08:38AM +0100, Gustavo Pimentel wrote:
> > > Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver. This driver enables/disables
> > > the PCI traffic generator module pertain to the Synopsys DesignWare
> > > prototype.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo Pimentel <gustavo.pimentel@...opsys.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/misc/dw-xdata-pcie.c | 394 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 394 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/misc/dw-xdata-pcie.c
> >
> > <...>
> >
> > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> >
> > "GPL" and not "GPL v2".
>
> There is no difference, please go read module.h.

I read and this is why I said it.
Documentation/process/license-rules.rst: "It exists for historic reasons."

Historic, for me, means that new code is better do not use this.

Thanks