R: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

[matthieu castet]

Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote:
> The kernel patch supplying the ATMSAR module does not depend on the evaluation driver.
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> It is exactly the contrary...
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> The chain is:
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> [ATM] <- [ATMSAR] <- [pulsaradsl-1.0.1] <- [libpulsar_fw.a] <- [hardware]
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> SAR is a thing that has to do with cell encoding and decoding in an ATM vcc context. It is not tied to hardware.
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> So, ATMSAR actually is pure GPL code. The pulsaradsl-1.0.1 EVALUATION driver is not (see the MODULE_LICENSE() at the end of pulsar.c in the driver). By the way, the purpose of the ATMSAR driver is exactly to be hardware-independant so that you can use it with a PCI as well as with a USB device.
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Yes, but only GPL module could use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL's symbol.
So if pulsaradsl-1.0.1 EVALUATION isn't GPL how it could use ATMSAR ?

regards,

Matthieu