Re: [PATCH v4 10/16] drm/msm: generate headers on the fly

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On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 15:33, Akhil P Oommen <quic_akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 12:57:43PM +0200, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 at 12:30, Akhil P Oommen <quic_akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 12:57:02AM +0200, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > > > Generate DRM/MSM headers on the fly during kernel build. This removes a
> > > > need to push register changes to Mesa with the following manual
> > > > synchronization step. Existing headers will be removed in the following
> > > > commits (split away to ease reviews).
> > >
> > > Is this approach common in upstream kernel? Isn't it a bit awkward from
> > > legal perspective to rely on a source file outside of kernel during
> > > compilation?
> >
> > As long as the source file for that file is available. For examples of
> > non-trivial generated files see
> > arch/arm64/include/generated/sysreg-defs.h and
> > arch/arm64/include/generated/cpucap-defs.h
>
> I see that the xml files import a GPL compatible license, so I guess
> those are fine. The gen_header.py script doesn't include any license.
> Shouldn't it have one?

True. Rob, could you please add copyright / licence header to the gen_header.py?



-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry




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