Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751952AbWLNSWH (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:22:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751970AbWLNSWH (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:22:07 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:46696 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751956AbWLNSWG (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:22:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:09:51 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Chris Wedgwood cc: Christoph Hellwig , Linus Torvalds , Jeff Garzik , Greg KH , Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , Martin Bligh , "Michael K. Edwards" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] In-Reply-To: <20061214175253.GB12498@tuatara.stupidest.org> Message-ID: References: <20061214003246.GA12162@suse.de> <22299.1166057009@lwn.net> <20061214005532.GA12790@suse.de> <458171C1.3070400@garzik.org> <20061214170841.GA11196@tuatara.stupidest.org> <20061214173827.GC3452@infradead.org> <20061214175253.GB12498@tuatara.stupidest.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 874 Lines: 24 On Dec 14 2006 09:52, Chris Wedgwood wrote: >On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 05:38:27PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >> Yes, EXPORT_SYMBOL_INTERNAL would make a lot more sense. > >A quick grep shows that changing this now would require updating >nearly 1900 instances, so patches to do this would be pretty large and >disruptive (though we could support both during a transition and >migrate them over time). I'd prefer to do it at once. But that's not my decision so you anyway do what you want. That said, I would like to keep EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, because EXPORT and INTERNAL is somehow contrary. Just a wording issue. -`J' -- - 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/