Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:37:16 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.10-mm1, class_simple_* and GPL addition |
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 03:50:52PM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi Andrew! > > The change from > EXPORT_SYMBOL > to > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL > for class_simple_* makes the nvidia module useless as it uses several: > nvidia: Unknown symbol class_simple_device_add > nvidia: Unknown symbol class_simple_destroy > nvidia: Unknown symbol class_simple_device_remove > nvidia: Unknown symbol class_simple_create
I think these changes are only in the Gentoo modified version of the driver, right? I don't think that nvidia wrote the driver that way.
> I don't want to start a flame war and long discussion, just want to ask > wether this change (to _GPL) was intended,
Yes it was.
> and if yes, if there is a way to fix nvidia kernel modules (or others) > using this device management interface.
Get them to change the license on their code.
Good luck,
thanks,
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