Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:08:56 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 01/16] bcm-vk: add bcm_vk UAPI |
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 09:44:51AM -0700, Scott Branden wrote: > > > On 2020-09-29 3:25 a.m., Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 05:11:54PM -0700, Scott Branden wrote: > >> Add user space api for bcm-vk driver. > >> > >> Provide ioctl api to load images and issue reset command to card. > >> FW status registers in PCI BAR space also defined as part > >> of API so that user space is able to interpret these memory locations > >> as needed via direct PCIe access. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com> > >> --- > >> include/uapi/linux/misc/bcm_vk.h | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+) > >> create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/misc/bcm_vk.h > >> > >> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/misc/bcm_vk.h b/include/uapi/linux/misc/bcm_vk.h > >> new file mode 100644 > >> index 000000000000..5f1fc403bc67 > >> --- /dev/null > >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/misc/bcm_vk.h > >> @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ > >> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-2-Clause) */ > > Why do you need BSD-2 if you already have the syscall-note license? > We include the header file outside of linux user space and use the defines in BSD and other code. > Hence releasing the header as BSD-2 as well.
Are you _sure_ you need that extra license? I ask as this is not the "norm" for Linux api .h files.
Also note, given that you are the copyright holder, you can provide a version in any other license in any other project, no need to put it here.
I recommend going and talking to your license lawyers about this.
thanks,
greg k-h
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