On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 11:11:47AM +0800, hayeswang wrote: > Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 10:33 AM > > To: Hayeswang > > Cc: oliver@xxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; nic_swsd > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net/usb: new driver for RTL8152 > > > > On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:01:25AM +0800, Hayes Wang wrote: > > > Add new driver for supporting Realtek RTL8152 Based USB 2.0 > > Ethernet Adapters > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > You removed the wording I had questions about last time, does > > that mean > > the previous wording was not correct, or that you no longer are > > publicising the fact that this driver reads on some patents that you > > own? > > > > You also failed to answer my previous questions, why? > > That description is about the patent for the hw design, not for > software. It indicates that the design of the hw uses those patents > from the other compnay. I have no idea about how to deal with those > patents. What should I do for sending a patch? That makes sense to me, removing it is correct. It's now up to the netdev developers to accept this, thanks for the quick response. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html