From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
pantelis.antoniou@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: fs_enet: Add missing MODULE_LICENSE
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 03:39:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <X/PRX+RziaU3IJGi@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210105022229.54601-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au>
On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 01:22:29PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Since commit 1d6cd3929360 ("modpost: turn missing MODULE_LICENSE()
> into error") the ppc32_allmodconfig build fails with:
>
> ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.o
> ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.o
>
> Add the missing MODULE_LICENSEs to fix the build. Both files include a
> copyright header indicating they are GPL v2.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c | 1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
> index c8e5d889bd81..76ac1a9eab58 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
> @@ -223,3 +223,4 @@ static struct platform_driver fs_enet_bb_mdio_driver = {
> };
>
> module_platform_driver(fs_enet_bb_mdio_driver);
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
> index 8b51ee142fa3..407c330b432f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
> @@ -224,3 +224,4 @@ static struct platform_driver fs_enet_fec_mdio_driver = {
> };
>
> module_platform_driver(fs_enet_fec_mdio_driver);
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
Hi Michael
The use of "GPL v2" has been deprecated. Please use just "GPL". There
is a discussion about this here:
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1036331/
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html#id1
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-05 2:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-05 2:22 [PATCH] net: ethernet: fs_enet: Add missing MODULE_LICENSE Michael Ellerman
2021-01-05 2:39 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2021-01-05 9:12 ` Michael Ellerman
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