From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 466B128DC7 for ; Wed, 1 May 2024 08:02:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1714550566; cv=none; b=E103WQYDHbn4aSMQPROOgDSewl8rp99Yi+NZdIcvveBjXKLCtAht9v+b5DisamxKiAxLRNs7cFjljDTM8/VHesJ0W1/3hGhkWHkFj1m34G/uLK+PP84N6oWTwm/qqTh1ESBD+/1Rhq7YYBbNUvNI38jbrDEg7OYtb2nkZK6X0+0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1714550566; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ggvAk0xwkd/46EZe6QNux+iIXFC7QqHWcKz452uflbQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=UJg5g4gbYquECcgNb+sLcpOr2KCelB6yeh2CKi2Yj/IkY5kraZdJSV5dThpmNX0Ryx1ZiiDHXWN/D0vORyvI1NmUPub4RJbpqo7Oq3T2hmYs+qmStOQYmklK1tWUHjkwR1RU+VuJ7Hcdpri8Dp3Rj5sRkfYGEwlOMmOpo4sENSc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=TU09MldD; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="TU09MldD" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 650D3C113CC; Wed, 1 May 2024 08:02:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1714550565; bh=ggvAk0xwkd/46EZe6QNux+iIXFC7QqHWcKz452uflbQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=TU09MldDZIfaLJXSEUNGwypVNl1NWvJcUq4/t4Yr7oRY/tIWfNmg87r7uelLSjiZw fQlmFSQHccBZ8Gr0wqnTngyIG28SCxl9Gokn5/pRso/FDu3qNmFuSgS7Rl7wy3zUvp bj59/fQs6Ss3Tsuz20DB9W2DOeDi8e4o0iCAMF4A= Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 10:02:42 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Vamsi Krishna Attunuru Cc: "arnd@arndb.de" , Jerin Jacob , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v6 1/1] misc: mrvl-cn10k-dpi: add Octeon CN10K DPI administrative driver Message-ID: <2024050101-handgrip-shabby-1675@gregkh> References: <20240429055027.2162310-1-vattunuru@marvell.com> <2024042950-refurbish-duckbill-77b4@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, May 01, 2024 at 07:46:55AM +0000, Vamsi Krishna Attunuru wrote: > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ b/include/uapi/misc/mrvl_cn10k_dpi.h > > > @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ > > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note */ > > > > Why is this file "GPL-2.0+" but your driver is "GPL-2.0"? Is that what your > > lawyers want to have happen (sorry, I have to ask.) > > No specific reason, I think I need to use " GPL-2.0-or-later" instead of > "GPL-2.0+", will fix it. No, that's not the problem here at all, either of those are the same. The problem is that it does not match with the C file. Please work with your legal department to choose what license you want for the files and be consistent. thanks, greg k-h