Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269853AbUIDJiV (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:38:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269854AbUIDJiV (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:38:21 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:49104 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269853AbUIDJiJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:38:09 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 11:37:45 +0200 From: Arjan van de Ven To: torvalds@osdl.org, Christoph Hellwig , Linux Kernel Mailing List , dcn@sgi.com Subject: Re: [IA64] allow OEM written modules to make calls to ia64 OEM SAL functions. Message-ID: <20040904093745.GB5313@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <200409032207.i83M7CKj015068@hera.kernel.org> <1094280707.2801.0.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20040904103529.C13149@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040904103529.C13149@infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1495 Lines: 42 --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 10:35:29AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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. if there are no open source modules that use these exports I would like to ask these exports to be undone again.. --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBOYzoxULwo51rQBIRAo6hAJ4ilPpLuSNV1l90m7Ny8qS/kdGM+ACghc4u 2KTv4teNQtvjVVYOmN+QWJ4= =ydbT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3uo+9/B/ebqu+fSQ-- - 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/