Hmm, I just realized that the word `either' is interesting, it could mean that the intent was to use either v2 or v3 and the v3 part got dropped by mistake. I'll ask for a clarification on the LKML to see for sure.
-- Don Dugger "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: (303)443-3786 >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Dugger, Donald D >Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:30 AM >To: The development of GRUB 2 >Subject: RE: [PATCH] PCI serial card support > >To quote from the driver, `drivers/serial/8250_pci.c': > >/* > * linux/drivers/char/8250_pci.c > * > * Probe module for 8250/16550-type PCI serial ports. > * > * Based on drivers/char/serial.c, by Linus Torvalds, Theodore Ts'o. > * > * Copyright (C) 2001 Russell King, All Rights Reserved. > * > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License. > */ > >Looks like version 2 to me. > >-- >Don Dugger >"Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Ph: (303)443-3786 > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>On Behalf Of Robert Millan >>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:07 AM >>To: The development of GRUB 2 >>Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI serial card support >> >>On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 07:28:57AM -0800, Dugger, Donald D wrote: >>> The Linux driver has over 600 >>> lines of customized code for over 100 different devices to do this >>> task. Trying to duplicate that code from scratch is rather >>> unfeasible. >> >>Before we continue, did you check if that code in particular is GPLv2 >>only or "or later"? I think most drivers in Linux are in fact "or >>later". >> >>-- >>Robert Millan >> >> The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will >decide when >>(and >> how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your >>freedom: we >> still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Grub-devel mailing list >>Grub-devel@gnu.org >>http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >> > >_______________________________________________ >Grub-devel mailing list >Grub-devel@gnu.org >http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
