From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>
Cc: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
"edumazet@google.com" <edumazet@google.com>,
"shiraz.saleem@intel.com" <shiraz.saleem@intel.com>,
Ajay Sharma <sharmaajay@microsoft.com>,
"linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch v4 12/12] RDMA/mana_ib: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:14:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Ys5i4uvz7GP+dVne@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PH7PR21MB32632A5DCB5EF60A4D599FC2CE869@PH7PR21MB3263.namprd21.prod.outlook.com>
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:46:36PM +0000, Long Li wrote:
> > Subject: Re: [Patch v4 12/12] RDMA/mana_ib: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure
> > Network Adapter
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 07:07:20PM -0700, longli@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/cq.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB
> >
> > Why perpetuate this mess that the OpenIB people created? I thought that no
> > new drivers were going to be added with this, why does this one need to have it
> > as well if it is new?
>
> I apologize for the incorrect license language. I followed other RDMA driver's license terms but didn't' realized their licensing language is not up to the standard.
You need to follow the license rules of your employer, please consult
with them as they know what to do here.
> The newly introduced EFA RDMA driver used the following license terms:
> (drivers/infiniband/hw/efa/efa_main.c)
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause
>
> Is it acceptable that we use the same license terms?
Again, discuss this with the lawyers at your company. But if you are
going to use a dual-license, you must be prepared to defend why you are
doing so.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-13 6:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-16 2:07 [Patch v4 00/12] Introduce Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) RDMA driver longli
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 01/12] net: mana: Add support for auxiliary device longli
2022-07-11 1:08 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-12 18:26 ` Long Li
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 02/12] net: mana: Record the physical address for doorbell page region longli
2022-07-11 1:09 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between devices longli
2022-07-11 1:13 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-12 18:48 ` Long Li
2022-07-20 23:42 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-07-21 0:06 ` Long Li
2022-07-21 14:38 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-07-21 17:58 ` Long Li
2022-07-21 18:32 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-07-29 18:44 ` Long Li
2022-07-29 19:12 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-07-29 21:20 ` Long Li
2022-08-02 18:08 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-08-03 2:08 ` Long Li
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 04/12] net: mana: Add functions for allocating doorbell page from GDMA longli
2022-07-11 1:13 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-12 18:48 ` Long Li
2022-07-20 23:42 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 05/12] net: mana: Set the DMA device max segment size longli
2022-07-11 1:14 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 06/12] net: mana: Define data structures for protection domain and memory registration longli
2022-07-11 1:29 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-13 4:39 ` Ajay Sharma
2022-07-13 7:22 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-20 23:43 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-07-21 0:15 ` Long Li
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 07/12] net: mana: Export Work Queue functions for use by RDMA driver longli
2022-07-11 1:31 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-12 18:54 ` Long Li
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 08/12] net: mana: Record port number in netdev longli
2022-07-11 1:31 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 09/12] net: mana: Move header files to a common location longli
2022-07-11 1:32 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 10/12] net: mana: Define max values for SGL entries longli
2022-07-11 1:32 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-12 18:56 ` Long Li
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 11/12] net: mana: Define and process GDMA response code GDMA_STATUS_MORE_ENTRIES longli
2022-07-11 1:32 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-06-16 2:07 ` [Patch v4 12/12] RDMA/mana_ib: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter longli
2022-06-25 4:20 ` [EXTERNAL] " Ajay Sharma
2022-06-26 0:03 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-07-11 1:42 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-13 4:32 ` Ajay Sharma
2022-07-13 7:36 ` Dexuan Cui
2022-07-12 19:14 ` Greg KH
2022-07-12 23:46 ` Long Li
2022-07-13 6:14 ` Greg KH [this message]
2022-07-20 23:49 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2022-07-21 19:24 ` [EXTERNAL] " Ajay Sharma
2022-07-21 9:17 ` Cheng Xu
2022-07-21 18:01 ` Long Li
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