Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261804AbVDTUti (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:49:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261808AbVDTUti (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:49:38 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:31507 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261804AbVDTUtg (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:49:36 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:49:32 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Dan Dennedy Cc: Stefan Richter , linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/ieee1394/: remove unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOL's Message-ID: <20050420204932.GQ5489@stusta.de> References: <20050417195706.GD3625@stusta.de> <20050419191328.GJ1111@conscoop.ottawa.on.ca> <1113939827.6277.86.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <42657F7C.8060305@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <1113981989.6238.30.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <426683E9.4080708@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <1114029144.5085.20.camel@kino.dennedy.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1114029144.5085.20.camel@kino.dennedy.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1416 Lines: 35 On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 04:32:24PM -0400, Dan Dennedy wrote: >... > Based upon my experience of several years on this project there is only > one external kernel module project we need to consider because that > developer has been involved and voiced requirements. That is Arne > Caspari's (The Imaging Source) DFG/1394 driver. The ideal solution would be to get this driver included in the kernel. Are there any reasons against including it? > I vote to remove external symbols not used by the Linux1394.org modules > or the module at http://sourceforge.net/projects/video-2-1394/ > Of course, I may be voted down, but I ask the others to be realistic > about what we are arguing for (i.e. just being defensive?) and consider > the fact that there are valid reasons for their removal. The DFG/1394 driver requires hpsb_read and hpsb_write. Are there any Linux1394.org modules that are not in 2.6.12-rc2-mm3? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/