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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: apic: Changing export symbols to *_GPL
    On 23.07.08 15:29:59, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
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    > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Robert Richter wrote:
    >
    > > This fits better here.
    >
    > [Snipped...]
    > This question was raised before and simply dismissed.
    >
    > If somebody wrote a procedure in the kernel that exported
    > some symbols. And that person wanted anybody to use that
    > symbol, upon what authority does one change "EXPORT_SYMBOL"
    > to "EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?" This will need to eventually be
    > answered.

    This corrects a patch _I_ introduced before in my OProfile patch
    series. Ok, maybe a revert would have been better. But sending 2 new
    patches for this littls change?

    -Robert

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    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Operating System Research Center
    email: robert.richter@amd.com



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