Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Better support for dma_addr_t variables

[David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com>]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 09:49:12AM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Am 31.03.2012 10:50, schrieb David Gibson:
> > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:34:25AM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote:
> >> Am 30.03.2012 11:32, schrieb Andreas Färber:
> >>> Am 27.03.2012 04:43, schrieb David Gibson:
> >>>> diff --git a/hw/qdev-dma.h b/hw/qdev-dma.h
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 0000000..e407771
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/hw/qdev-dma.h
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> >>>> +#include "qdev-addr.h"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +#define DEFINE_PROP_DMAADDR(_n, _s, _f, _d)                               \
> >>>> +    DEFINE_PROP_TADDR(_n, _s, _f, _d)
> >>>
> >>> Is a new header just for this really needed? It's not being used in this
> >>> patch, so its necessity is hard to judge. ;)
> >>
> >> Additionally it's missing a license notice.
> > 
> > Just like qdev-addr.h.  And qdev.h for that matter.
> > 
> > You seriously want a license notice for two lines of trivial macro?
> 
> Yes, the issue here is under what license the file is. It's a new file,
> so in lack of a license statement is it under GPLv2 because QEMU as a
> whole currently is?  Thus a header explicitly saying that it's under
> GPLv2+ (or BSD or MIT/X11 or ...) would be appreciated to avoid further
> complications. Compare our GPLv2+ relicensing page:
> 
> http://wiki.qemu.org/Relicensing

It's 4 trivial lines.  Well under the copyrightability threshold even
by the paranoid estimates of IBM Legal.

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