On Mon, 2015-02-09 at 21:40 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I'll NAK any external 'download area' (and I told that Andi > > before): tools/perf/event-tables/ or so is a good enough > > 'download area' with fast enough update cycles. > > The proposal was to put it on kernel.org, similar to how > external firmware blobs are distributed. CPU event lists > are data sheets, so are like firmware. They do not > follow the normal kernel code licenses. They are not > source code. They cannot be reviewed in the normal way.
How is it different from describing registers and bits in driver header files? What does it mean to talk about a license on information, rather than the expression of information? -Scott -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
