Re: [PATCH] USB: simple: add Google simple serial SubClass support

[Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 09:54:54PM -0700, Anton Staaf wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 02:21:56PM -0700, Anton Staaf wrote:
> > > Add support for Google devices that export simple serial
> > > interfaces using the vendor specific SubClass/Protocol pair
> > > 0x50/0x01.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Anton Staaf <robotboy@chromium.org>
> > >
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial-simple.c | 11 +++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial-simple.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial-simple.c
> > > index fb79775..85bb973 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial-simple.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial-simple.c
> > > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
> > >   * Copyright (C) 2010 Zilogic Systems <code@zilogic.com>
> > >   * Copyright (C) 2013 Wei Shuai <cpuwolf@gmail.com>
> > >   * Copyright (C) 2013 Linux Foundation
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2014 Google, Inc.
> > >   *
> > >   *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> > >   *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
> >
> > Based on advice from my lawyer, a change this size does not warrent a
> > copyright notice at the top of a file.  If your lawyers feel otherwise,
> > please let me know and I will be glad to discuss it with them.
> >
> > So, care to resend this without this change to the file?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> 
> Sigh, sorry for the top posted HTML junk previously, turns out the
> gmail app for android doesn't "do the right thing"...
> 
> But yes, I'm happy to send along a version without copyright, I don't
> see any problem with that.  Looks like it will
> have to wait until Monday as I don't have things set up at home to
> send the patch as robotboy@chromium.org.  :)

Please also make sure to generate the patch against v3.18-rc (the one
you sent would not apply).

Thanks,
Johan