Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754268AbYGWTc2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750799AbYGWTcT (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:19 -0400 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:4290 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753293AbYGWTcT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jul 2008 19:30:00.0463 (UTC) FILETIME=[7F7851F0:01C8ECFA] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: apic: Changing export symbols to *_GPL Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:29:59 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20080723184709.ECF218403@erda.amd.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [PATCH] x86: apic: Changing export symbols to *_GPL Thread-Index: Acjs+n+VEyEbBCIcRt6zALb56l6Jfw== References: <20080722125315.5d34f2e6@infradead.org> <20080723184709.ECF218403@erda.amd.com> From: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" To: "Robert Richter" Cc: "LKML" Reply-To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-8.0.0.1259-5.500.1027-16050.001 X-TM-AS-Result: No--1.236000-8.000000-31 X-TM-AS-User-Approved-Sender: No X-TM-AS-User-Blocked-Sender: No Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1355 Lines: 29 On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Robert Richter wrote: > This fits better here. [Snipped...] This question was raised before and simply dismissed. If somebody wrote a procedure in the kernel that exported some symbols. And that person wanted anybody to use that symbol, upon what authority does one change "EXPORT_SYMBOL" to "EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?" This will need to eventually be answered. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.29 BogoMips). My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/ _ **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. -- 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/