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From: "'Greg KH'" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: hayeswang <hayeswang@realtek.com>
Cc: oliver@neukum.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	"'nic_swsd'" <nic_swsd@realtek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 20:23:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130503032315.GA22077@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4215C45C849149B8A86B57F8D603AAEA@realtek.com.tw>

On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 11:11:47AM +0800, hayeswang wrote:
> Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] 
> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 10:33 AM
> > To: Hayeswang
> > Cc: oliver@neukum.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; 
> > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-usb@vger.kernel.org; nic_swsd
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152
> > 
> > On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:01:25AM +0800, Hayes Wang wrote:
> > > Add new driver for supporting Realtek RTL8152 Based USB 2.0 
> > Ethernet Adapters
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com>
> > > Cc: Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@realtek.com>
> > 
> > You removed the wording I had questions about last time, does 
> > that mean
> > the previous wording was not correct, or that you no longer are
> > publicising the fact that this driver reads on some patents that you
> > own?
> > 
> > You also failed to answer my previous questions, why?
> 
> That description is about the patent for the hw design, not for
> software. It indicates that the design of the hw uses those patents
> from the other compnay. I have no idea about how to deal with those
> patents. What should I do for sending a patch? 

That makes sense to me, removing it is correct.  It's now up to the
netdev developers to accept this, thanks for the quick response.

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-03  3:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-26  8:45 [PATCH net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152 Hayes Wang
2013-04-26 11:56 ` Oliver Neukum
     [not found] ` <201305020622.r426MYGv032465@rtits1.realtek.com>
2013-05-02  7:46   ` hayeswang
2013-05-02  9:02     ` Oliver Neukum
2013-05-02 19:48 ` [PATCH v2 " Hayes Wang
2013-05-02 14:12   ` Greg KH
2013-05-02 17:32     ` David Miller
2013-05-03  2:01 ` [PATCH v3 " Hayes Wang
2013-05-03  2:33   ` Greg KH
2013-05-03  3:11     ` hayeswang
2013-05-03  3:23       ` 'Greg KH' [this message]
2013-05-03  4:00         ` David Miller
2013-05-06 20:17   ` David Miller

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