Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756347AbYB1HXw (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:23:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752567AbYB1HXo (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:23:44 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:48143 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750911AbYB1HXo (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:23:44 -0500 Message-ID: <47C6617D.1030700@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:23:41 -0500 From: Chris Snook User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: drago01 CC: kernel list Subject: Re: Reexport init_mm ? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 815 Lines: 18 drago01 wrote: > init_mm is no longer exported in 2.6.25, because there are no in tree > modules that use it. > But the closed sources nvidia drivers are using it. > Is it possible to reexport this symbol to let the driver work with this kernel? The fact that there are no in-tree modules that use init_mm is rather compelling evidence that it's not a necessary part of the kernel module API. Nvidia needs to fix their code. If this is a burden, perhaps they should publish their code under a GPLv2-compatible license so we can show them how to do it. -- Chris -- 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/