On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Bruce Richardson < bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 07:24:02PM +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > From: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrha...@canonical.com> > > > > A tools/init directory is added with dpdk-init, a script that can be > > used to initialize a DPDK runtime environment. 2 config files with > > default options, dpdk.conf and interfaces, are provided as well > > together with a SysV init script and a systemd service unit. > > > > Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <lbocc...@brocade.com> > > Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrha...@canonical.com> > > --- > <snip> > > new file mode 100755 > > index 0000000..89e0399 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/tools/init/dpdk-init.in > > @@ -0,0 +1,256 @@ > > +#!/bin/sh > > +# > > +# dpdk-init: startup script to initialize a dpdk runtime environment > > +# > > +# Copyright 2015-2016 Canonical Ltd. > > +# Autor: Stefan Bader <stefan.ba...@canonical.com> > > +# Autor: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrha...@canonical.com> > > +# > > +# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or > modify > > +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, > > +# as published by the Free Software Foundation. > > +# > > +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > > +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > > +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the > > +# GNU General Public License for more details. > > +# > > +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > > +# along with this program. If not, see < > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > > +# > > Any particular reason this is licensed under GPL v3. AFAIK, all the > userspace code in DPDK is licensed under a BSD license (with the > exception of some dual licensed stuff which is shared between kernel and > userspace). I just worry that adding additional licenses into the mix > may confuse things. > > Regards, > /Bruce > Most generally, shouldn't any patch that isn't compatible with the standard DPDK license be rejected? With the specific exception for the KNI kernel bits that require different licenses... Jay
