Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:01:19 +0200 | From | Robert Richter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: apic: Changing export symbols to *_GPL |
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On 23.07.08 15:29:59, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > > 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
-- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Operating System Research Center email: robert.richter@amd.com
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