Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262771AbVBBXOz (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:14:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262833AbVBBXOz (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:14:55 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:10434 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262771AbVBBXH3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:07:29 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:07:18 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Pavel Roskin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Patrick Mochel Subject: Re: Please open sysfs symbols to proprietary modules Message-ID: <20050202230718.GA14055@kroah.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 758 Lines: 20 On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 05:56:57PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > I'm writing a module under a proprietary license. I decided to use sysfs > to do the configuration. Unfortunately, all sysfs exports are available > to GPL modules only because they are exported by EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Heh, a gnu.org email address asking for us to change the GPL marking on symbols. Ah, the irony... > Please replace every EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL with EXPORT_SYMBOL in fs/sysfs/*.c Sorry, but the answer is no. Good luck, greg k-h - 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/