Return-path: Received: from nm.newmedia-net.de ([217.113.179.122]:48828 "EHLO webmail.newmedia-net.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965089AbcJ0OzH (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Oct 2016 10:55:07 -0400 To: Kalle Valo , Antonio Quartulli References: <20161018083552.28592-1-a@unstable.cc> <87lgxbxl2d.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> <20161026141016.GB26376@prodigo.lan> <87bmy65nz8.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> Cc: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, sw@simonwunderlich.de, Antonio Quartulli From: Sebastian Gottschall Message-ID: <62a2dc74-4a7c-d3d4-4170-4d5759b07ab3@dd-wrt.com> (sfid-20161027_165606_267532_E06CA534) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:54:10 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87bmy65nz8.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Subject: Re: [NOT FOR MERGE] ath9k: work around key cache corruption Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: all patches have a unclear license since most patches are not comming with any licence declaration ;-) Am 27.10.2016 um 08:02 schrieb Kalle Valo: > Antonio Quartulli writes: > >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 05:05:14PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: >>> Antonio Quartulli writes: >>> >>>> From: Antonio Quartulli >>>> >>>> This patch was crafted long time ago to work around a key cache >>>> corruption problem on ath9k chipsets. >>>> >>>> The workaround consists in periodically triggering a worker that >>>> uploads all the keys to the HW cache. The worker is triggered also >>>> when the vif detects 21 undecryptable packets. >>>> >>>> >>>> This patch is based on top compat-wireless-2015-10-26. >>>> >>>> >>>> I was asked to release this code to the public and, since it is >>>> GPL, I am now doing it. >>> GPL? AFAICS ath9k is under ISC. I'm not sure what you mean with the >>> sentence above, but it's possible to interpret it so that this patch is >>> not under ISC license, which is problematic. >> Honestly, my sentence was just a way to say "it makes sense to release this >> patch to the public". > I was suspecting it was like that, I just wasn't sure. > >> If it needs to be ISC in order to be merged, then it can be released under ISC. >> >> I don't want to enter a legal case :) > Me neither. But I can't apply patches with unclear license. > -- Mit freundlichen Gr?ssen / Regards Sebastian Gottschall / CTO NewMedia-NET GmbH - DD-WRT Firmensitz: Berliner Ring 101, 64625 Bensheim Registergericht: Amtsgericht Darmstadt, HRB 25473 Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Peter Steinh?user, Christian Scheele http://www.dd-wrt.com email: s.gottschall@dd-wrt.com Tel.: +496251-582650 / Fax: +496251-5826565