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Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:26:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.1.1] ([92.241.26.38]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4a01f9851efsm36483535e9.8.2026.09.30.20.26.31 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:26:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Fil Dunsky To: Jason Li Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Linus Walleij , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby , Russell King , Alexandre Belloni , Drew Fustini , Lorenzo Pieralisi , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-serial@vger.kernel.org" Subject: RE: [PATCH RFC 07/10] tty: serial: Add Cortina Systems CS75xx UART driver In-Reply-To: References: <20260930-b4-cs75xx-v1-0-4617c4463529@gmail.com> <20260930-b4-cs75xx-v1-7-4617c4463529@gmail.com> <1d81c2ef-7a5b-4306-83d2-ff96b0eb6a06@app.fastmail.com> <179076749140.3134070.3869742286743401078@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:26:15 +0300 Message-ID: <179082517588.138645.14615134489246049313@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="fixed" X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20261001_042637_946883_982EB3C9 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 15.53 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 03:17:28AM +0000, Jason Li wrote: > Yes, they are actually same HW logic. But the brand name of CSxxxx is > owned by Marvell instead of Cortina-Access now. > Will there any legal issue if unify them as one driver? Thanks for confirming that it is the same logic. I am not a lawyer, but I do not see a problem here. The part numbers only show up as compatible strings, Kconfig help text and comments that say which hardware the code runs on, and the kernel does that for chips of companies that were bought or split up all the time. The driver itself is GPL code; your additions would be under the GPL as well, with your own copyright line. Nothing in it uses a trademark to name the product. The plan for v2 is a neutral name: drivers/tty/serial/cortina-uart.c, SERIAL_CORTINA, port type "CORTINA", and a binding with one compatible per SoC ("cortina,cs7542-uart" for mine, a "cortina-access,..." one for yours). If Cortina Access would rather have the CA parts described differently in the help text or the binding title, tell me what wording you prefer and I will use it. Thanks, Fil