* [PATCH] serial: 8250: Add missing module license for 8250_base.ko
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@ 2015-09-23 13:09 ` Peter Hurley
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From: Peter Hurley @ 2015-09-23 13:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Cc: Mikael Pettersson, linux-kernel, linux-serial, Jiri Slaby,
Peter Hurley, Jonathan McDowell
From: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>
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 <mikpelinux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@earth.li>
[pjh: Added MODULE_DESCRIPTION(); resent patch email w/ proper $subject]
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
---
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
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