Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754104AbYJXJXR (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:23:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751301AbYJXJW5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:22:57 -0400 Received: from ns2.gothnet.se ([82.193.160.251]:4372 "EHLO GOTHNET-SMTP2.gothnet.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751586AbYJXJW5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:22:57 -0400 Message-ID: <49019307.6070207@tungstengraphics.com> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:19:03 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thomas_Hellstr=F6m?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080926) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ingo Molnar CC: Keith Packard , Linus Torvalds , nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, airlied@linux.ie, dri-devel@lists.sf.net, Linux Kernel Mailing List , jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org, Peter Anvin , Andrew Morton , yinghai@kernel.org Subject: Re: Adding kmap_atomic_prot_pfn References: <20081020115810.GC10594@elte.hu> <1224517744.5195.1.camel@koto.keithp.com> <20081022093615.GF12453@elte.hu> <1224793332.22877.8.camel@koto.keithp.com> <20081023133840.d4eef579.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1224813015.22877.51.camel@koto.keithp.com> <1224829359.22877.86.camel@koto.keithp.com> <49017A2C.5010504@tungstengraphics.com> <20081024083830.GB6734@elte.hu> In-Reply-To: <20081024083830.GB6734@elte.hu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-BitDefender-Scanner: Mail not scanned due to license constraints Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 912 Lines: 33 Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Thomas Hellstr?m wrote: > > >> Keith, >> >> What you actually are doing here is claiming copyright on code that >> other people have written, and tighten the export restrictions. >> kmap_atomic_prot_pfn() appeared long ago in drm git with identical >> code and purpose, but with different authors, and iounmap_atomic is >> identical to kunmap_atomic. >> > > >>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iomap_atomic_prot_pfn); >>> > > you want to use this facility in a binary-only driver? > > Ingo > At this point I have no such use for it, no. The original user was a MIT style licenced driver. /Thomas -- 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/