Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:57:30 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export new char dev functions
Message-ID: <20030916235729.GA6198@kroah.com>
References: <20030916181802.6046.qmail@lwn.net>
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:18:02PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Nobody told me that the failure to export these (like their block
> counterparts) was anything but an oversight; modules will not be able to
> use larger device numbers without them.  So...this patch exports the new
> char device functions.

How about just exporting them in the files where they are declared?  I
do not think we want the ksyms.c file to grow anymore.

thanks,

greg k-h
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