Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: crc32 and lib.a (was Re: [PATCH] nbd in 2.5.3 does | Date | Sat, 02 Feb 2002 08:40:11 +0000 |
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kaos@ocs.com.au said: > There is also a problem with exported symbols. To ld, EXPORT_SYMBOL > looks like a reference to the symbol,
Er, surely that's not a problem at all? This is desired behaviour?
> but the export entry is irrelevant, what really matters is if any module > refers to those symbols.
Absolutely not. If we mark a symbol EXPORT_SYMBOL, we want it exported. No questions asked.
The export entry _is_ relevant; furthermore it's the _only_ thing that's relevant, and there is no way of knowing if there's a module that isn't in the tree, or maybe even a module that _is_ in the tree but not compiled today, that needs the symbol in question.
I sincerely hope it's just too early in the morning here and I'm misunderstanding you :)
-- dwmw2
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