cvs commit: src/sys/sun4v/include asm.h src/sys/sun4v/sun4v hcall.S interrupt.S support.S t1_copy.S

Kip Macy kip.macy at gmail.com
Thu Nov 23 11:39:31 PST 2006


Interfaces aren't copyrightable.

 -Kip

On 11/23/06, Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 02:25:16AM +0000, Kip Macy wrote:
> > kmacy       2006-11-23 02:25:16 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/sun4v/include    asm.h
> >     sys/sun4v/sun4v      hcall.S interrupt.S support.S t1_copy.S
> >   Log:
> >   In contrast to the non-obvious and flexible nature of the optimized
> bcopy in t1_copy.S (which
> >   shall retain its CDDL copyright, and thus likely be removed from
> GENERIC) I have removed the CDDL
> >   from hcall.S because there is zero flexibility in the implementation
> of hypercalls as they derive
> >   directly from the hypervisor interface which is not copyrighted
> (ironically the source for the
> >   hypervisor itself is BSD licensed).
> >
> >   It is best to start any bikeshed about this as soon as possible.
>
> OK, I'll bite.
>
> >   Discussed with: bsdimp
>
> And Sun?
>
> Ceri
> --
> That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
>                                                   -- Moliere
>
>
>


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