linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: remove private header comedi

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2012 20:23:14 -0700
From:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
Cc:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	Ian Abbott <ian.abbott@....co.uk>,
	"fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net" <fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: remove private header comedi_pci.h

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:06:24AM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 2012-05-22 01:12, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> >Remove the private header, comedi_pci.h, by moving the two
> >helper functions into divers.c and providing the prototypes
> >in comedidev.h.
> >
> >This allows the comedi_pci_enable/disable helper functions
> >to be shared instead of having an inline version in every
> >comedi pci driver.
> 
> I'm wondering if these functions should be EXPORT_SYMBOL() or
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() since they were originally inline functions.
> 
> Opinions?

Are there any known out-of-tree comedi drivers?  I say leave this as-is
and see if anyone complains :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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