From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBFDFC433E0 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2021 09:31:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32C9E64EE3 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2021 09:31:45 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 32C9E64EE3 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kroah.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1lHNqr-0002AA-Lz; Wed, 03 Mar 2021 04:31:29 -0500 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1lHNqp-0002A5-Aq for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Wed, 03 Mar 2021 04:31:27 -0500 Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A415C018C; Wed, 3 Mar 2021 04:31:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 03 Mar 2021 04:31:24 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kroah.com; h= date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=fm3; bh=FEPhkrtM/6UGlluuF2D8aCT8kHc XsFGlhtUmSaOtVZ0=; b=BR+HkU9pFfwZ6876f3RlQHlw+C6n+0jJmO+Uc4NWsnp JrS++5RWEu6qlnmrNomHsopFl7wmrZWlBWRVIqbP59FqpBHl8X9W23nBRuZX7vKN RlHMuNdokcQykw6jhxpPI8qGHUTKn9C8EhtOdfWJpP/JXhkQK6/Fl2ttiGxQBR4I Wjehj3eKgofJLTf4bNpDJX2t0XCf+j+DUlLk0xzUXZQDtK7SoBEFH9w16trdGEJK yXhuahpMD0YKZ0+FsCa/IRhajQO8qRrlwFLabdo3apCf+W4nrzYhXuoqcUu2X6tG fyKZyT/lG2iLWR/ryVoYv3Megf1cszc6DZqKXDt99vQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; bh=FEPhkr tM/6UGlluuF2D8aCT8kHcXsFGlhtUmSaOtVZ0=; b=pBl8eVsoDgBVGhiiisWsXq SuvBXxT90V9WbbAE/chJssnXewhHO5gwgATf01GgokiOTUAH7gdkm+ApDUSZRxdI Tm+G+Sq/xfNpoGHz9HhICuPfwB8Pxta7i9Q3CazbWW9lSVC52cZljvUWUWzme7uL k5cmycjvgyC+PRLitWQmG5h4G3S+GjWjQbl4HRC0HUWtErv9UQaGTc6HnUNzYqUS tgBnot4i1vWSauxUNsScq3VRgOOD8OTbCSUSpFHxjhD/6Y5xGXYEk7n0FeGmkFC9 0YeREb+RVRns4Y8TwzCr2uD0SipV9YzMmaDtWWQYPVH54rMfjW1+Z4YloEAoedQA == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledruddtvddgtdehucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepfffhvffukfhfgggtuggjsehttdertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefirhgvghcu mffjuceoghhrvghgsehkrhhorghhrdgtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeevueehje fgfffgiedvudekvdektdelleelgefhleejieeugeegveeuuddukedvteenucfkphepkeef rdekiedrjeegrdeigeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrih hlfhhrohhmpehgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhhdrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Received: from localhost (83-86-74-64.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.74.64]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 11346108005C; Wed, 3 Mar 2021 04:31:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:31:20 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Tomek LECOCQ Subject: Re: How to reverse engineer a PCI-Express driver under Linux ? Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: "kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org" X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 09:18:18AM +0000, Tomek LECOCQ wrote: > Also, the long term goal of this project would be to have this driver merged into mainline, so what is allowed or not while doing this to avoid problematic legal ramifications ? Please do not ask programmers legal questions, would you ask your medical doctor kernel programming questions? If you have legal questions about doing this sort of thing, please contact a lawyer, don't trust random people on a public mailing list on the internet for advice. good luck! greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies