[linux-yocto] Query about arch/arm/mach-axxia/wrappers.c

[Jacques, John M (John)]

Bruce,

Sorry to be so slow...

We got confirmation that these can be removed in all cases.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Ashfield [mailto:bruce.ashfield at windriver.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 7:54 AM
To: Butler, Paul
Cc: Jacques, John M (John); Development list for the linux-yocto repositories
Subject: Re: [linux-yocto] Query about arch/arm/mach-axxia/wrappers.c

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.

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.jacques at 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.jacques at lsi.com> 
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