bpf, doc: add note for libbpf's stand-alone build (80f21ff9) · Commits · 戴 / test

Given this came up couple of times, add a note to libbpf's readme about the semi-automated mirror for a stand-alone build which is officially managed by BPF folks. While at it, also explicitly state the libbpf license in the readme file. Signed-off-by:

Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by:

Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:

Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

tools/lib/bpf/README.rst

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		@@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ For example, if current state of ``libbpf.map`` is:
		Format of version script and ways to handle ABI changes, including
		incompatible ones, described in details in [1].

		Stand-alone build
		=================

		Under https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf there is a (semi-)automated
		mirror of the mainline's version of libbpf for a stand-alone build.

		However, all changes to libbpf's code base must be upstreamed through
		the mainline kernel tree.

		License
		=======

		libbpf is dual-licensed under LGPL 2.1 and BSD 2-Clause.

		Links
		=====

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