The patch below does not apply to the 3.5-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 9913b8c8f05b0aad97432900fa3b2cdfd557eeb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Peter=20H=C3=BCwe?= <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:44:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] net/phy/bcm87xx: Add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") to GPL driver Currently the driver has no MODULE_LICENSE attribute in its source which results in a kernel taint if I load this: root@(none):~# modprobe bcm87xx bcm87xx: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel. Since the first lines of the source code clearly state: * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General * Public License. See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this * archive for more details. I think it's safe to add the MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") macro and thus remove the kernel taint. Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.c b/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.c index 2346b38..7997895 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.c @@ -229,3 +229,5 @@ static void __exit bcm87xx_exit(void) ARRAY_SIZE(bcm87xx_driver)); } module_exit(bcm87xx_exit); + +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
