[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/7] net/cxgbe: query firmware for filter resources

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Jun 13 18:59:27 CEST 2018


13/06/2018 18:41, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 6/8/2018 6:58 PM, Rahul Lakkireddy wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000..d69c79e80
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > + * Copyright(c) 2014-2018 Chelsio Communications.
> > + * All rights reserved.
> > + */
> > +
> 
> Hi Rahul,
> 
> This is a new file and copyright starts from 2014, is this intentional?
> 
> And @Thomas, @Hemant, are we allowed to have copyright start date in the past
> for new files?

I prefer having accurate copyright year because it is a quick hint about
how old the file is.
But I think there is no strong legal consequence.





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