[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] linux: add fbtft kernel extension

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sat Jan 10 21:00:59 UTC 2015


Dear Peter Seiderer,

On Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:48:32 +0100, Peter Seiderer wrote:

> >       - Remove the mention of CONFIG_SPI_BCM2708, since this makes the
> >         description RaspberryPi specific, while these drivers can work
> >         with any SPI controller.
> 
> Maybe add some hint to not forget to enable platform specific spi driver
> would be helpful?

Sure, feel free to send some follow-up patch.


> >       - Change the license to GPLv2, since it's kernel code.]
> 
> Mhhh, in some way your are right, but it seems wrong for me that the
> buildroot license entry does not reflect what the package author stated
> in his own files....what would be the right buildroot entry in case
> of dual-license files?

That's a good question. I really wonder how the original author can
license those files under GPLv2+, while the kernel license is GPLv2
only. I think the original author is wrong on this.

Thomas
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