[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] AX88180: new gigabit network driver

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Jun 1 22:06:29 CEST 2008


In message <1212296315-10081-1-git-send-email-vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
> From: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich at analog.com>
> 
> A new driver for the AXIS AX88180 gigabit ethernet chip.

By the way:

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ax88180.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,943 @@
> +/* ax88180: ASIX AX88180 Non-PCI Gigabit Ethernet u-boot driver
> + * Licensed under the GPL-2.
> + */

It seems the original driver source from http://www.asix.com.tw
contained a full GPL license header plus copyright note.

May I ask who messed with that, and why?

> + * ========================================================================
> + * $Log:$
> + * 1.0.0	2006-09-06
> + * New release for AX88180 US2 chip.

Also, this is old stuff. Why did you  not  base  your  work  on  more
recent code (like version 1.0.1 , 2006-06-14) ?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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