Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756225AbYFRRg4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:36:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753271AbYFRRgs (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:36:48 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:41251 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753063AbYFRRgr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:36:47 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:18:56 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Gaudenz Steinlin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 486798@bugs.debian.org, josejx@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] restore export of handle_mm_fault for Mac on Linux Message-ID: <20080618181856.3474859d@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080618101402.GF15718@soziologie.ch> References: <20080618101402.GF15718@soziologie.ch> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 768 Lines: 19 On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:14:02 +0200 Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Hi > > The kernel modules for Mac on Linux (MOL) need handle_mm_fault. > MOL is a GPL licensed virtual machine to run MacOS(X) on PPC Linux. > > The export for handle_mm_fault was removed with commit > 41f9dc5c871600f53c8912b2975971d2a11c1c25. This sort of thing is going to happen if modules hide out of tree. If MOL is GPL why isn't it getting submitted to the kernel tree - other virtualisation subsystems such as KVM are in tree ? -- 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/