[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] SDK: Add scripts to initialize DPDK runtime
Luca Boccassi
lboccass at Brocade.com
Mon Dec 12 22:58:12 CET 2016
On Mon, 2016-12-12 at 21:12 +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 07:24:02PM +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > From: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>
> >
> > A tools/init directory is added with dpdk-init, a script that can be
> > used to initialize a DPDK runtime environment. 2 config files with
> > default options, dpdk.conf and interfaces, are provided as well
> > together with a SysV init script and a systemd service unit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <lboccass at brocade.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>
> > ---
> <snip>
> > new file mode 100755
> > index 0000000..89e0399
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/tools/init/dpdk-init.in
> > @@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
> > +#!/bin/sh
> > +#
> > +# dpdk-init: startup script to initialize a dpdk runtime environment
> > +#
> > +# Copyright 2015-2016 Canonical Ltd.
> > +# Autor: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
> > +# Autor: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>
> > +#
> > +# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3,
> > +# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> > +#
> > +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> > +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> > +# GNU General Public License for more details.
> > +#
> > +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> > +# along with this program. If not, see <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gnu.org_licenses_&d=DgIBAg&c=IL_XqQWOjubgfqINi2jTzg&r=QTEM8ICX7t_SLgWP3qPWtKiwKMps487LPWQx-B9AqIc&m=DJ24ssai2FzyX2jctmeGTqSlmXniJb0K-CfYJmCvhCI&s=Ovj9NdvIvL-I0pPSRrQ3fGw2twwaW7GO_vOpclVZ2FU&e= >.
> > +#
>
> Any particular reason this is licensed under GPL v3. AFAIK, all the
> userspace code in DPDK is licensed under a BSD license (with the
> exception of some dual licensed stuff which is shared between kernel and
> userspace). I just worry that adding additional licenses into the mix
> may confuse things.
>
> Regards,
> /Bruce
If the 2 authors (CC'ed Stefan, the second one) agree and give
permission it could be relicensed to BSD.
Stefan, Christian, is that OK for you?
--
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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