From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@darnok.org>
Cc: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Azael Avalos <coproscefalo@gmail.com>,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ACPI: EC: Add ec_get_handle()
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:26:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120107212614.GA24097@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPbh3rv86E9zqUbF4vrA2G=FaXyNHqD7+NZXRkzrzYAsHL8a_Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 03:55:35PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> My understanding (and this is from reading Greg KH's patches) is that
> any new interface should use _GPL variant unless there is an absolute
> need for it. Say, a binary driver that uses this function and there is
> no other way around it.
A binary driver could implement the same functionality using exported
interfaces from the ACPI core, so I don't see any benefit in insisting
on _GPL here. _GPL is intended to be a hint that use of the interface is
definitely an indication that you're creating a derived work.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-07 21:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-03 19:02 [PATCH v2 0/4] toshiba_acpi: Expanded hotkey support Seth Forshee
2012-01-03 19:02 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] ACPI: EC: Add ec_get_handle() Seth Forshee
2012-01-05 18:22 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <CAPbh3ruqMQ8UFSehm7vX5i8YWzRFwF5=TX_f4n4dVkvmQa9Njw@mail.gmail.com>
2012-01-05 19:34 ` Seth Forshee
2012-01-07 20:55 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-01-07 21:26 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2012-01-03 19:02 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] toshiba_acpi: Support alternate hotkey interfaces Seth Forshee
2012-01-05 18:25 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-01-05 19:43 ` Seth Forshee
2012-01-05 19:47 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-01-03 19:02 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] toshiba_acpi: Support additional hotkey scancodes Seth Forshee
2012-01-03 19:02 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] toshiba_acpi: Add blacklist for models with hotkey problems Seth Forshee
2012-01-05 18:26 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-01-05 19:32 ` Seth Forshee
2012-01-05 19:34 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-01-05 20:04 ` Seth Forshee
2012-01-05 20:09 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-01-05 20:24 ` Seth Forshee
2012-01-05 20:46 ` Moore, Robert
2012-01-05 20:58 ` Seth Forshee
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