Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch] vmalloc_to_page() backport for 2.4 | Date | Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:58:43 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> help them be independent of PAE/non-PAE kernel configuration. And, as > such, it suggests that the _GPL bit in the export clause is not justified > and should be removed. There is no reason whatsoever why Linux base kernel > should allow some useful functionality to GPL modules and disallow the > same to non-GPL ones.
I disagree. The code in question is GPL code from a GPL driver or three that was used internally in those drivers. It is now available for those drivers to share. If you aren't writing a GPL module you can go write your own version of it, just like people have always had to before.
Similarly the PAE/non-PAE thing is a red herring. Given that even basic data types change size on pae no module is going to be magically pae/non-pae clean if its binary only.
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