Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:09:08 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/7] dynamic debug v2 - infrastructure |
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On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 03:48:17PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 03:33:09PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 01:36:16PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 07:38:51PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:51:53 -0400 Jason Baron wrote: > > > > > > > > > Few notes...there is still one control file: <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules > > > > > We can split this up now or later, but I kind of like being able to see all > > > > > the controls in one file. Also, i've used a djb2 hash function in the code, > > > > > which i'm not sure is under the correct license/copyright, so i just wanted > > > > > to point that out as well. see: scripts/basic/hash.c. If its an issue, i can > > > > > find another hash function. > > > > > > > > What license does it have? I don't see one. > > > > > > > > > > hmmm...a search for djb2 finds a number of users, for example, i found this one > > > which is covered by GPL2, http://www.telegraphics.com.au/svn/dpa/trunk/symtab.c > > > is that sufficient to say its ok? > > > > That's a tough call. I'd run that through the license board of your > > employer if you have any questions about this, as it is your name with > > their domain that is going to have the "signed-off-by:" pointing back > > to. > > > > We're ok with the patch as is...i'm including an updated version below, which > contains some documentation improvements...as you mentioned before, perhaps > you can include this patch through the driver tree. It should apply with > minimal munging, but please point me at a tree, if there are any issues. > > thanks, > > -Jason > > > Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
So close, can I have a good changelog comment with the patch so people know what it is when they look in the logs?
Care to resend it with that?
thanks,
greg k-h
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