From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932240AbVLDOvE (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 09:51:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932241AbVLDOvE (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 09:51:04 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:19431 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932240AbVLDOvC (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 09:51:02 -0500 Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel From: Arjan van de Ven To: Matthias Andree Cc: Linux-Kernel mailing list In-Reply-To: <20051204142551.GB4769@merlin.emma.line.org> References: <1133620598.22170.14.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051203152339.GK31395@stusta.de> <20051203162755.GA31405@merlin.emma.line.org> <1133630556.22170.26.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051203230520.GJ25722@merlin.emma.line.org> <43923DD9.8020301@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20051204121209.GC15577@merlin.emma.line.org> <1133699555.5188.29.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051204132813.GA4769@merlin.emma.line.org> <1133703338.5188.38.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051204142551.GB4769@merlin.emma.line.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:50:55 +0100 Message-Id: <1133707855.5188.41.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 1.8 (+) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (1.8 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [213.93.14.173 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 1.7 RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL RBL: NJABL: dialup sender did non-local SMTP [213.93.14.173 listed in combined.njabl.org] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 15:25 +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Sun, 04 Dec 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 14:28 +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > > > > > I meant the ipmi, smbus and copa modules by Fujitsu-Siemens. > > > > > > They are provided in source form, but I just found out (reading the > > > headers and not just the lines that broke the compile) they are not open > > > source. Perhaps one should prod them to slap a modified-BSD or perhaps > > > GPL label onto their modules. > > > > is there an URL to these? > > http://download.fujitsu-siemens.com/prim_supportcd/Programs/General/ServView/Linux/agents/srvmagt-mods_src.suse.rpm > > > > It seems you'd then maintain them after their submission? :-) > > > > usually such modules are extremely low maintenance once merged.... There > > are many many drivers without a maintainer, and they still get fixed. > > As I say, these aren't licensed for inclusion into the kernel, they bear > a (C) Copyright notice and "All rights reserved." and MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); so it *IS* gpl licensed! the code is a bit horrible though and no surprise it breaks ;) you can always make drivers broken enough to break at the slightest change ;) (it also seems to contain an entire ipmi layer, linux already has one so I wonder why they're not just using that as basis)