To quote from the driver, `drivers/serial/8250_pci.c': /* * linux/drivers/char/8250_pci.c * * Probe module for 8250/16550-type PCI serial ports. * * Based on drivers/char/serial.c, by Linus Torvalds, Theodore Ts'o. * * Copyright (C) 2001 Russell King, All Rights Reserved. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License. */
Looks like version 2 to me. -- Don Dugger "Censeo Toto nos in Kansa esse decisse." - D. Gale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: (303)443-3786 >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Robert Millan >Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:07 AM >To: The development of GRUB 2 >Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI serial card support > >On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 07:28:57AM -0800, Dugger, Donald D wrote: >> The Linux driver has over 600 >> lines of customized code for over 100 different devices to do this >> task. Trying to duplicate that code from scratch is rather >> unfeasible. > >Before we continue, did you check if that code in particular >is GPLv2 only or "or later"? I think most drivers in Linux >are in fact "or later". > >-- >Robert Millan > > The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will >decide when (and > how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your >freedom: we > still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." > > >_______________________________________________ >Grub-devel mailing list >Grub-devel@gnu.org >http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
