Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:26:14 +0000 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ACPI: EC: Add ec_get_handle() |
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On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 03:55:35PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> My understanding (and this is from reading Greg KH's patches) is that > any new interface should use _GPL variant unless there is an absolute > need for it. Say, a binary driver that uses this function and there is > no other way around it.
A binary driver could implement the same functionality using exported interfaces from the ACPI core, so I don't see any benefit in insisting on _GPL here. _GPL is intended to be a hint that use of the interface is definitely an indication that you're creating a derived work.
-- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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