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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules...
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Ok, but isn't it easier to rename _GPL -> _KERNEL (or _INTERNAL) if,
indeed, that is the meaning thereof? Then, in the future, one wouldn't
have to decide on a case by case basis like we had now (and appeal to
Caesar :) because the intention would be clear from the name?

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:

>
> Well, you're all wrong, bthththt...
>
> Removing the .._GPL() is in this case correct, but not for any of the
> reasons mentioned, but simply because even Ingo agreed that it shouldn't
> be _GPL since it's explicitly meant for drivers that shouldn't have any
> knowledge whatsoever about the VM internals. GPL or not.
>
> The fact that the code was back-ported from 2.5.x and that the _GPL still
> is there too is just a mistake, partly because I've not gotten any updates
> from Ingo..
>
> 		Linus
>
>

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