Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:09:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] re-export genapic on i386
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On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Jan Beulich wrote:

> (Note: Patch also attached because the inline version is certain to get
> line wrapped.)
> 
> A change not too long ago made i386's genapic symbol no longer be
> exported,
> and thus certain low-level functions no longer be usable. Since
> close-to-
> the-hardware code may still be modular, this rectifies the situation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>

Since there are no in-kernel tree users of this, i suggest that you keep 
it as a seperate patch, and generally for all exports that you may require 
for your external work. Then when/if your work gets merged you can submit 
it.

Thanks,
	Zwane

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