Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:38:27 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] |
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:08:41AM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:03:57AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > I actually think the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() thing is a good thing, if > > done properly (and I think we use it fairly well). > > > > I think we _can_ do things where we give clear hints to people that > > "we think this is such an internal Linux thing that you simply > > cannot use this without being considered a derived work". > > Then why not change the name to something more along those lines?
Yes, EXPORT_SYMBOL_INTERNAL would make a lot more sense. - 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/
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