Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] misc: Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver

Leon Romanovsky
2021-02-11T13:54:28Z

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 01:32:13PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 01:42:43PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:08:38AM +0100, Gustavo Pimentel wrote:
> > > Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver. This driver enables/disables
> > > the PCI traffic generator module pertain to the Synopsys DesignWare
> > > prototype.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo Pimentel <gustavo.pimentel@synopsys.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/misc/dw-xdata-pcie.c | 394 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 394 insertions(+)
> > > create mode 100644 drivers/misc/dw-xdata-pcie.c
> >
> > <...>
> >
> > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> >
> > "GPL" and not "GPL v2".
>
> There is no difference, please go read module.h.

I read and this is why I said it.
Documentation/process/license-rules.rst: "It exists for historic reasons."

Historic, for me, means that new code is better do not use this.

Thanks