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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:34:01 -0600
From: Tommy Reynolds <reynolds@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changed message for GPLONLY symbols
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It was a dark and stormy night.  Suddenly "Alex Bligh - linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@alex.org.uk> began to type:

> Keith,
> 
> --On Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:50 PM +1100 Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license
> >       and it has unresolved symbols.  The module may be trying to access
> >       GPLONLY symbols but the problem is more likely to be a coding or
> >       user error.  Contact the module supplier for assistance.
> >
> > Does anyone think that this message can be misunderstood by anybody
> > with the "intelligence" of the normal Windoze user?
> 
> Yes I think it can be misunderstood, and, perhaps more importantly, still
> points the user at GPLONLY when it's more likely to be a straightforward
> version mismatch. Better might be:
> 
> Hint: You are trying to load a module which has unresolved symbols. These
>       symbols may not be exported by this version of the kernel (perhaps
>       you have a version mismatch), or they may be exported GPLONLY,
>       (in which case they will not be available to your module which does
>       not carry a GPL compatible license). In either case, contact
>       the *only* module supplier for assistance; no one else can help you.
             ^^^^                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Tommy Reynolds                               | mailto: <reynolds@redhat.com>
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