Re: [Pv-drivers] [PATCH 04/10] VMCI: device driver implementaton.

Greg KH
2012-10-25T21:03:25Z

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 01:43:50PM -0700, Bhavesh Davda wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> > You can't just say "general GPL issues aside". Honestly, given your
> > company's prior actions in regards to Linux kernel drivers and the
> > licenses of them, I don't trust them at all. To help gain that trust
> > back, marking the exports in this manner will be a great improvement.
> >
>
> You don't expect us to just let that comment slide :) Can you be more
> specific about which "prior actions" in regards to which kernel
> drivers, and when?

For many many years, you shipped closed source Linux kernel drivers for
your products. Only recently has this changed.