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Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:50:19 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Gustavo Pimentel <Gustavo.Pimentel@synopsys.com>,
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        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] misc: Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver
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On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 01:32:13PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 01:42:43PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:08:38AM +0100, Gustavo Pimentel wrote:
> > > Add Synopsys DesignWare xData IP driver. This driver enables/disables
> > > the PCI traffic generator module pertain to the Synopsys DesignWare
> > > prototype.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo Pimentel <gustavo.pimentel@synopsys.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/misc/dw-xdata-pcie.c | 394 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 394 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/misc/dw-xdata-pcie.c
> >
> > <...>
> >
> > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> >
> > "GPL" and not "GPL v2".
>
> There is no difference, please go read module.h.

I read and this is why I said it.
Documentation/process/license-rules.rst: "It exists for historic reasons."

Historic, for me, means that new code is better do not use this.

Thanks