Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

Greg KH
2008-01-28T16:16:42Z

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:44:19PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 25 2008 at 20:02 +0200, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > FYI, this is a patch that will be sent out in the next round to Linus
> > for inclusion in 2.6.25.
> >
> > If anyone has any objections about it, please let me know.
>
> What about ndiswrapper and its windows binaries
> are they covered through ndiswrapper by GPL?
> (Unfortunately I use them, but less and less)

Sorry, but no, they are not going to work, due to the way that
ndiswrapper is marked by the kernel module loader.

Again, you should be getting a kernel warning every time you try to use
a USB function today.

What USB drivers for wireless devices are not yet supported by Linux
becides the Marvell-based ones (which some of us are actively working
on...)?

thanks,

greg k-h