[PATCH] compat: fix kfifo taint's kernel (missing license info)

[PATCH] compat: fix kfifo taint's kernel (missing license info)

[arne.fitzenreiter]

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compat wireless kfifo modul has no MODULE_LICENSE. The kernel does'nt like this.

Sorry for the last empty mail...

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diff -Naur compat-wireless-2.6.39-1-sn.org/compat/kfifo.c compat-wireless-2.6.39-1-sn/compat/kfifo.c
--- compat-wireless-2.6.39-1-sn.org/compat/kfifo.c	2011-05-24 01:43:48.000000000 +0200
+++ compat-wireless-2.6.39-1-sn/compat/kfifo.c	2011-05-24 17:20:06.956818313 +0200
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/kfifo.h>
 
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A generic kernel FIFO implementation");
+
 /*
  * internal helper to calculate the unused elements in a fifo
  */

Re: [PATCH] compat: fix kfifo taint's kernel (missing license info)

[Randy Dunlap]

On Tue, 24 May 2011 19:33:01 +0200 arne.fitzenreiter@gmx.de wrote:

> compat wireless kfifo modul has no MODULE_LICENSE. The kernel does'nt like this.
> 
> Sorry for the last empty mail...


OK, I'm not familiar with how the compat patches work, but...

in what kernel can kfifo be built as a loadable module?

or if kfifo is builtin (vs. being built as a loadable module), does the
missing license info message still happen?

thanks,
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Re: [PATCH] compat: fix kfifo taint's kernel (missing license info)

[Randy Dunlap]

On Tue, 24 May 2011 19:30:31 +0200 arne.fitzenreiter@gmx.de wrote:

patch file is missing...

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~Randy
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[PATCH] compat: fix kfifo taint's kernel (missing license info)

[arne.fitzenreiter]

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