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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:07:57 +0100
From: John Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: GPLONLY kernel symbols???
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:27:55AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> /lib/modules/2.4.11/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: Note: modules without a
> GPL compatible license cannot use GPLONLY_ symbols
> 
> What is THAT?

A symbol that may only be referenced by GPL code.

The solution here is to add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") into loop.c (probably)
or upgrade (assuming it's fixed later).

regards
john

p.s. upgrade anyway, 2.4.11 is a bad idea ...

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