On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 08:53:37AM -0500, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > On 13-12-10 02:37 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote: > >Hi Paul, > > > >During some recent work with the axxia BSP it was pointed out to me > >that the intent of this commit is still pending. > > ping. I haven't heard anything about this. I'll look at reverting the > change myself, unless I hear something.
Sorry for the slow response. We were checking with customer about any dependency issues. Yes, we will send a revert patch. -paul > > Bruce > > > > >i.e. We are carrying a commit that changes the licensing of exported > >symbols on the BSP branch. > > > >I'm not sure how I didn't notice this explicitly during review, but > >when processing large sets of patches, things to slip through from > >time to time. What matters is how we react to the them when we notice :) > > > >So here's my question. I'm looking for a timeline when this can be > >resolved. We really don't want to carry a patch like this for much > >longer. If the drivers that depend on this are not already in the > >tree, we should drop the change and carry the changes with the drivers > >themselves. > > > >If the changes are in the tree, then we should fixup the exports, or > >again, drop the change entirely. > > > >I've pasted the original commit for reference below. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Bruce > > > > > >commit 191b5774c0a1bc2e15fb6800f0281af15da1e2b8 > >Author: John Jacques <john.jacq...@lsi.com> > >Date: Wed Jul 17 21:33:12 2013 -0500 > > > > drivers/net/ethernet: Wrapper Cleanup > > > > Some of the Linux function calls got changed in later versions of > >Linux > > to require the caller to be GPLd. We are in the process of GPLing all > > our driver code, but were not yet finished doing so. The wrappers were > > a temporary work around until the RTE (the external module we provide > > to customers that controls the rest of the hardware) is GPLd. > > > > Signed-off-by: John Jacques <john.jacq...@lsi.com> > >_______________________________________________ > >linux-yocto mailing list > >linux-yo...@yoctoproject.org > >https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/linux-yocto > > _______________________________________________ > linux-yocto mailing list > linux-yo...@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/linux-yocto _______________________________________________ linux-yocto mailing list linux-yo...@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/linux-yocto