From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Murali Karicheri Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] phy: keystone: serdes driver for gbe 10gbe and pcie Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:01:04 -0400 Message-ID: <561FCDC0.3080109@ti.com> References: <1444919145-30845-1-git-send-email-w-kwok2@ti.com> <1444919145-30845-2-git-send-email-w-kwok2@ti.com> <5192855.p6QLDWTiVi@wuerfel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5192855.p6QLDWTiVi@wuerfel> Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Arnd Bergmann , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: WingMan Kwok , robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, galak@codeaurora.org, kishon@ti.com, rogerq@ti.com, bhelgaas@google.com, ssantosh@kernel.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 10/15/2015 10:51 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday 15 October 2015 10:25:44 WingMan Kwok wrote: >> On TI's Keystone platforms, several peripherals such as the >> gbe ethernet switch, 10gbe ethernet switch and PCIe controller >> require the use of a SerDes for converting SoC parallel data into >> serialized data that can be output over a high-speed electrical >> interface, and also converting high-speed serial input data >> into parallel data that can be processed by the SoC. The >> SerDeses used by those peripherals, though they may be different, >> are largely similar in functionality and setup. >> >> This patch provides a SerDes phy driver implementation that can be >> used by the above mentioned peripheral drivers to configure their >> respective SerDeses. >> >> v1: --------cut------------------------------------------------------------- >> + * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright >> + * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the >> + * documentation and/or other materials provided with the >> + * distribution. > > The current code does not do this when compiled, which might be a > problem for distributors. Can you clarify the license? > Arnd, Can you elaborate on this? I did a grep on the string "Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright" and I could find several instance of this. So I am not sure what you mean by "The current code does not do this when compiled". Thanks -- Murali Karicheri Linux Kernel, Keystone