From: Khalid Aziz <khalid@gonehiking.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Cc: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>,
Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] ACPI: Add early console framework for DBGP/DBG2.
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:24:03 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1350069843.7065.65.camel@rhapsody> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121010174406.GA13861@srcf.ucam.org>
On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 18:44 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:23:01AM +0800, Lv Zheng wrote:
> > Microsoft Debug Port Table (DBGP or DBG2) is used by the Windows SoC
> > platforms to describe their debugging facilities.
> > DBGP: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh134821
> > DBG2: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh673515
>
> The license for these specifications only covers BIOS implementations,
> not OS implementations. Has this had appropriate legal review?
>
I agree with Matthew. There are potential legal issues with using
DBGP/DBGP2 tables in Linux. I had added support for SPCR and DBGP tables
many years ago (in early 2.6 kernel timeframe) before Microsoft added
this new license. I pulled the code out (in 2.6.14, I think) after
Microsoft added the new license to these tables. I agree with Matthew's
interpretation that the license is clear only about BIOS vendors being
allowed to use these tables. PCDP table in DIG64 spec was introduced to
get around the legal issues with using SPCR and DBGP in Linux.
License for DBGP/DBGP2 needs some legal review before this patch can go
into Linux.
--
Khalid
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-12 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2012-09-27 8:40 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] ACPI: DBGP/DBG2 early console support for LPIA Lv Zheng
2012-09-27 8:41 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ACPI: Add early console framework for DBGP/DBG2 Lv Zheng
2012-09-28 18:41 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-10-08 3:24 ` Zheng, Lv
2012-10-09 16:48 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-09-27 8:41 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] ACPI: Add Intel MID SPI early console support Lv Zheng
2012-09-28 5:24 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] ACPI: DBGP/DBG2 early console support for LPIA Zheng, Lv
2012-09-28 6:36 ` [RESEND PATCH " H. Peter Anvin
2012-10-06 18:42 ` Len Brown
2012-10-07 15:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-10-08 0:51 ` Zheng, Lv
2012-10-10 3:23 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] ACPI: Add early console framework for DBGP/DBG2 Lv Zheng
2012-10-10 14:10 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-10-10 23:39 ` Zheng, Lv
2012-10-10 17:44 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-10-12 19:24 ` Khalid Aziz [this message]
2013-06-04 10:53 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-04 13:23 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-04 13:35 ` Grant Likely
2012-10-10 3:23 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] ACPI: Add Intel MID SPI early console support Lv Zheng
2012-10-09 2:36 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] ACPI: Add early console framework for DBGP/DBG2 Lv Zheng
2012-10-09 17:02 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-10-10 1:31 ` Zheng, Lv
2012-10-10 14:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-10-10 1:40 ` Zheng, Lv
2012-10-09 2:37 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] ACPI: Add Intel MID SPI early console support Lv Zheng
2012-10-09 17:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-10-10 1:33 ` Zheng, Lv
2012-10-10 3:10 ` Zheng, Lv
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