On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:20:54PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 04:17:05PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 07:11:48PM +0530, Umang Jain wrote: > > > The devices that the vchiq interface registers (bcm2835-audio, > > > bcm2835-camera) are implemented and exposed by the VC04 firmware. > > > The device tree describes the VC04 itself with the resources required > > > to communicate with it through a mailbox interface. However, the > > > vchiq interface registers these devices as platform devices. This > > > also means the specific drivers for these devices are getting > > > registered as platform drivers. This is not correct and a blatant > > > abuse of platform device/driver. > > > > > > Add a new bus type, vchiq_bus_type and device type (struct vchiq_device) > > > which will be used to migrate child devices that the vchiq interfaces > > > creates/registers from the platform device/driver. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Umang Jain <umang.jain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile | 1 + > > > .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c | 78 +++++++++++++++++++ > > > .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.h | 43 ++++++++++ > > > 3 files changed, 122 insertions(+) > > > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c > > > create mode 100644 drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.h > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile > > > index 44794bdf6173..2d071e55e175 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile > > > +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/Makefile > > > @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ vchiq-objs := \ > > > interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_core.o \ > > > interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.o \ > > > interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_debugfs.o \ > > > + interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.o \ > > > interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_connected.o \ > > > > > > ifdef CONFIG_VCHIQ_CDEV > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c > > > new file mode 100644 > > > index 000000000000..e16279a25126 > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_device.c > > > @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause > > > > Code that directly interacts with the driver core can, for obvious > > reasons, not be BSD-3 licensed, sorry. > > > > Also, why is any of this dual licensed? What good is any of that? In > > order for me to accept new dual-licensed code, it needs to be documented > > in the changelog very very well as to exactly why this is required, as > > the legal issues involved in maintaining dual-licensed code like this is > > tricky and easy to get wrong (as proven here already in this patch...) > > The whole vchiq_arm layer is dual licensed GPL-2.0 + BSD-3. I assume > this is why Umang used the same licensing terms. We can use GPL-2.0 only > if this patch qualifies as original work and not derived work of the > existing code. This is most certainly original work, not related to the original code here, and can never work in a BSD-3 licensed environment. thanks, greg k-h