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Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: bcm-phy-lib: Fix module license issue

From Arun Parameswaran <aparames@broadcom.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: bcm-phy-lib: Fix module license issue
Date 2015-10-15 19:20 +0200
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On 15-10-14 06:39 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Arun Parameswaran <arunp@broadcom.com>
> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:40:12 -0700
>
>> The 'bcm-phy-lib.c', added as a part of the commit
>> "net: phy: Add Broadcom phy library for common interfaces"
>> was missing the module license. This was causing an issue
>> when the library is built as a module; "module license
>> 'unspecified' taints kernel".
>>
>> This patch fixes the issue by adding the module license,
>> author and description to the bcm-phy-lib.c file.
>>
>> Fixes: a1cba5613edf5 ("net: phy: Add Broadcom phy library for common
>> interfaces")
>> Signed-off-by: Arun Parameswaran <arunp@broadcom.com>
> This patch doesn't apply to my net-next tree at all.

There is a mismatch in the 'git diff' output, for the last 3 lines in
bcm-phy-lib.c

For some reason the patch I created has '@@ -207,3 +208,6 @@', instead of
'@@ -206,3 +207,7 @@', when created from the 'net-next'.

I will send out a patch based on the 'net-next'.

Thanks
Arun


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[PATCH 0/1] Fix for module license in Broadcom Phy Library Arun Parameswaran <arunp@broadcom.com> - 2015-10-13 22:50 +0200
  [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: bcm-phy-lib: Fix module license issue Arun Parameswaran <arunp@broadcom.com> - 2015-10-13 22:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: bcm-phy-lib: Fix module license issue David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2015-10-15 03:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: phy: bcm-phy-lib: Fix module license issue Arun Parameswaran <aparames@broadcom.com> - 2015-10-15 19:20 +0200

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