Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751087Ab3ECEAz (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:55 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:37095 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750739Ab3ECEAy (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20130503.000052.680733925880090504.davem@davemloft.net> To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: hayeswang@realtek.com, oliver@neukum.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, nic_swsd@realtek.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20130503032315.GA22077@kroah.com> References: <20130503023328.GB26712@kroah.com> <4215C45C849149B8A86B57F8D603AAEA@realtek.com.tw> <20130503032315.GA22077@kroah.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (shards.monkeyblade.net [0.0.0.0]); Thu, 02 May 2013 21:00:53 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1870 Lines: 44 From: 'Greg KH' Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 20:23:15 -0700 > On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 11:11:47AM +0800, hayeswang wrote: >> Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] >> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 10:33 AM >> > To: Hayeswang >> > Cc: oliver@neukum.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; >> > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-usb@vger.kernel.org; nic_swsd >> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152 >> > >> > On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:01:25AM +0800, Hayes Wang wrote: >> > > Add new driver for supporting Realtek RTL8152 Based USB 2.0 >> > Ethernet Adapters >> > > >> > > Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang >> > > Cc: Realtek linux nic maintainers >> > >> > You removed the wording I had questions about last time, does >> > that mean >> > the previous wording was not correct, or that you no longer are >> > publicising the fact that this driver reads on some patents that you >> > own? >> > >> > You also failed to answer my previous questions, why? >> >> That description is about the patent for the hw design, not for >> software. It indicates that the design of the hw uses those patents >> from the other compnay. I have no idea about how to deal with those >> patents. What should I do for sending a patch? > > That makes sense to me, removing it is correct. It's now up to the > netdev developers to accept this, thanks for the quick response. I think this clears things up and that specific issue is no longer a blocker for inclusion. I'll let this sit on the list so that it may be reviewed on it's technical merits. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/