Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754217Ab0A2WFw (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:05:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752119Ab0A2WFv (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:05:51 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:55265 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752026Ab0A2WFv (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:05:51 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:06:01 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Derek Atkins Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Re-enabling non-GPL driver access to disk partition information Message-ID: <20100129220601.GA19687@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 926 Lines: 30 On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 09:15:09AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Approved By: Derek Atkins What does that mean? > --- drivers/base/core.c~ 2009-03-23 19:12:14.000000000 -0400 > +++ drivers/base/core.c 2009-10-16 12:15:57.000000000 -0400 Wrong diff level. > @@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_del); > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_unregister); > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_device); > -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_device); > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_device); No, sorry, I've already successfully taken legal action against companies who have tried to go around the driver core's GPL-only symbols, so I can not, and will not, make this change. thanks, greg k-h -- 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/