From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Hurley Subject: [PATCH] serial: 8250: Add missing module license for 8250_base.ko Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:09:56 -0400 Message-ID: <1443013796-8298-1-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com> References: <20150921202346.GA30262@earth.li> Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150921202346.GA30262@earth.li> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Mikael Pettersson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby , Peter Hurley , Jonathan McDowell List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org From: Jonathan McDowell The split of the 8250 driver into a 8250_base/8250.ko resulted in a lack of a license for the 8250_base.ko module. This caused the module to fail to load and the kernel to be tainted. Add the appropriate MODULE_LICENSE to 8250_port.c, which is always compiled into 8250_base.ko Reported-by: Mikael Pettersson Signed-off-by: Jonathan McDowell [pjh: Added MODULE_DESCRIPTION(); resent patch email w/ proper $subject] Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c index 54e6c8d..e34a37f 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c @@ -2910,3 +2910,6 @@ int serial8250_console_setup(struct uart_port *port, char *options, bool probe) } #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE */ + +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("8250/16x50 base port operations"); -- 2.5.3