Hmm.

I'm not enough of a linux hacker to go much deeper w/o some reading,
but it sounds worth checking into.
Chris



On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Jeff Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A quick scan through the files shows that most of them are released under
> GPL v2 and are Copyright (c), 2004,2005 Atheros Communications, Inc.
>
> There are a few that have no copyright info in them, for example,
> hcd/davinci/sdio_hcd.c.
>
> Jeff
>
> Chris Stillson wrote:
>>
>> It would make my life easier if it could be linked directly into the
>> kernel, so that you could boot it. How is the code itself commented
>> for copyright?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Jeff Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I don't think that's the case.
>>>
>>> All of the SDIO files added by the patch have the MODULE_LICENSE set to
>>> either "GPL" or "Dual BSD/GPL".
>>>
>>> I also tried changing MODULE_LICENSE on a module that is statically
>>> linked
>>> to "Propriety" and it didn't make any difference on the build.  It was
>>> linked into the kernel and not built as a module.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> Chris Stillson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, it would have to be GPL'ed. If you check the license, I
>>>> suspect it's not GPL.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Jeff Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've applied the patches from TI to add in support for SDHC cards to
>>>>> the
>>>>> LSP
>>>>> 1.20 kernel and I've noticed something odd.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not possible to build the SDIO drivers into the kernel.  When you
>>>>> select them as built-in (y) in menuconfig, they will still build as
>>>>> modules.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know a reason that they'd be forced to be modules?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>
>

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