[PATCH] net: ethernet: fs_enet: Add missing MODULE_LICENSE
Michael Ellerman
mpe at ellerman.id.au
Tue Jan 5 20:12:21 AEDT 2021
Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 01:22:29PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Since commit 1d6cd3929360 ("modpost: turn missing MODULE_LICENSE()
>> into error") the ppc32_allmodconfig build fails with:
>>
>> ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.o
>> ERROR: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.o
>>
>> Add the missing MODULE_LICENSEs to fix the build. Both files include a
>> copyright header indicating they are GPL v2.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c | 1 +
>> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c | 1 +
>> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
>> index c8e5d889bd81..76ac1a9eab58 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c
>> @@ -223,3 +223,4 @@ static struct platform_driver fs_enet_bb_mdio_driver = {
>> };
>>
>> module_platform_driver(fs_enet_bb_mdio_driver);
>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
>> index 8b51ee142fa3..407c330b432f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-fec.c
>> @@ -224,3 +224,4 @@ static struct platform_driver fs_enet_fec_mdio_driver = {
>> };
>>
>> module_platform_driver(fs_enet_fec_mdio_driver);
>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>
> Hi Michael
>
> The use of "GPL v2" has been deprecated. Please use just "GPL". There
> is a discussion about this here:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1036331/
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html#id1
Ah sorry, I just grepped for "GPL v2" and saw lots of examples so copied
that. Will post a new version using "GPL".
cheers
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