From 674bfc23c585b34c42263d73fb51710d49762a23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:06:03 -0500
Subject: virtio: clarify that ABI is usable by any implementations

We want others to implement and use virtio, so it makes sense to BSD
license the non-__KERNEL__ parts of the headers to make this crystal
clear.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ryan Harper <ryanh@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/virtio_console.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

(limited to 'include/linux/virtio_console.h')

diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_console.h b/include/linux/virtio_console.h
index ed2d4ead7eb..19a0da0dba4 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_console.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_console.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONSOLE_H
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONSOLE_H
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
+/* This header, excluding the #ifdef __KERNEL__ part, is BSD licensed so
+ * anyone can use the definitions to implement compatible drivers/servers. */
 
 /* The ID for virtio console */
 #define VIRTIO_ID_CONSOLE	3
-- 
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