Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269849AbUIDJff (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:35:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269852AbUIDJff (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:35:35 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:61445 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269849AbUIDJfb (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:35:31 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:35:29 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , dcn@sgi.com Subject: Re: [IA64] allow OEM written modules to make calls to ia64 OEM SAL functions. Message-ID: <20040904103529.C13149@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Arjan van de Ven , Linux Kernel Mailing List , dcn@sgi.com References: <200409032207.i83M7CKj015068@hera.kernel.org> <1094280707.2801.0.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1094280707.2801.0.camel@laptop.fenrus.com>; from arjanv@redhat.com on Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 08:51:47AM +0200 X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 893 Lines: 21 On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 08:51:47AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 20:27, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > > ChangeSet 1.1803.128.1, 2004/08/25 18:27:33+00:00, dcn@sgi.com > > > > [IA64] allow OEM written modules to make calls to ia64 OEM SAL functions. > > > > Add wrapper functions for SAL_CALL(), SAL_CALL_NOLOCK(), and > > SAL_CALL_REENTRANT() that allow OEM written modules to make > > calls to ia64 OEM SAL functions. > > > > are there any such modules? Are they GPL licensed or all proprietary ? SGI has stated they have propritary modules that need this, that's why it's got added despite my objections. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/