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author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-07-25 21:06:03 +0400 |
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committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2008-07-25 06:06:04 +0400 |
commit | 674bfc23c585b34c42263d73fb51710d49762a23 (patch) | |
tree | 3d548173fe2836a4fd2c234e2adb2299c3df38e6 | |
parent | fb6813f480806d62361719e84777c8e00d3e86a8 (diff) | |
download | linux-674bfc23c585b34c42263d73fb51710d49762a23.tar.xz |
virtio: clarify that ABI is usable by any implementations
We want others to implement and use virtio, so it makes sense to BSD
license the non-__KERNEL__ parts of the headers to make this crystal
clear.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ryan Harper <ryanh@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/virtio_9p.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/virtio_balloon.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/virtio_blk.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/virtio_config.h | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/virtio_console.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/virtio_net.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/virtio_pci.h | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/virtio_rng.h | 2 |
8 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_9p.h b/include/linux/virtio_9p.h index 8eff0b53910b..b3c4a60ceeb3 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_9p.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_9p.h @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_9P_H #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_9P_H +/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement + * compatible drivers/servers. */ #include <linux/virtio_config.h> /* The ID for virtio console */ diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_balloon.h b/include/linux/virtio_balloon.h index 979524ee75b7..c30c7bfbf39b 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_balloon.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_balloon.h @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_BALLOON_H #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_BALLOON_H +/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement + * compatible drivers/servers. */ #include <linux/virtio_config.h> /* The ID for virtio_balloon */ diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_blk.h b/include/linux/virtio_blk.h index 5f79a5f9de79..6a66c7f30bcb 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_blk.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_blk.h @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_BLK_H #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_BLK_H +/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement + * compatible drivers/servers. */ #include <linux/virtio_config.h> /* The ID for virtio_block */ diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h index f364bbf63c34..7eb4b34d13bb 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONFIG_H #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONFIG_H +/* This header, excluding the #ifdef __KERNEL__ part, is BSD licensed so + * anyone can use the definitions to implement compatible drivers/servers. */ + /* Virtio devices use a standardized configuration space to define their * features and pass configuration information, but each implementation can * store and access that space differently. */ diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_console.h b/include/linux/virtio_console.h index ed2d4ead7eb7..19a0da0dba41 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_console.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_console.h @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONSOLE_H #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONSOLE_H #include <linux/virtio_config.h> +/* This header, excluding the #ifdef __KERNEL__ part, is BSD licensed so + * anyone can use the definitions to implement compatible drivers/servers. */ /* The ID for virtio console */ #define VIRTIO_ID_CONSOLE 3 diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h index 38c0571820fb..5e33761b9b8a 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_NET_H #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_NET_H +/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement + * compatible drivers/servers. */ #include <linux/virtio_config.h> /* The ID for virtio_net */ diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_pci.h b/include/linux/virtio_pci.h index b3151659cf49..cdef35742932 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_pci.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_pci.h @@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ * Authors: * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> * - * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. - * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory. - * + * This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement + * compatible drivers/servers. */ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_PCI_H diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_rng.h b/include/linux/virtio_rng.h index 331afb6c9f62..1a85dab8a940 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_rng.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_rng.h @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_RNG_H #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_RNG_H +/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement + * compatible drivers/servers. */ #include <linux/virtio_config.h> /* The ID for virtio_rng */ |