[Intel-gfx] [RFC] [Patch 1/2] [intel-gfx] : Add the CVT algorithm in kernel space

[Eric Anholt]

On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 14:51 +0800, yakui_zhao wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 06:01 +0800, Eric Anholt wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 15:19 +0800, yakui_zhao wrote:
> > > Add the CVT algorithm in kernel space. And this function can be called to
> > > generate the required modeline.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao at intel.com>
> > 
> > This code appears to be a copy-and-paste with small modifications of
> > xf86cvt.c, but the license of that code isn't respected.
> Yes. Most is copied from xserver/hw/xfree86/mode/xf86CVT(xf86GTF). 
> What I done is that the float-point calculation is replaced by using
> integer.
> 
> How to pay attention to the license of xf86CVT code?
>    Is it OK that the following is added in the function description?
> 
> /*
>  * Copyright 2005-2006 Luc Verhaegen.
>  *
>  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
> a
>  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
> "Software"),
>  * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without
> limitation
>  * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
> sublicense,
>  * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
>  * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> */
> 
> Is the function comment OK ?
>    If the style is incorrect, I will change it based on the description
> in kernel-doc-nano-Howto.txt.

License information goes at the top of the file. If the license text is
exactly the same as the existing license, just add the new copyright
holder on a new line next to the others.

-- 
Eric Anholt
eric at anholt.net                         eric.anholt at intel.com


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