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Message-ID: <20061013112821.55c00b03@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:28:21 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org> To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stephane Eranian <eranian@....hp.com>, sam@...nborg.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] rename net_random to random32 On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:19:22 +0200 Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 10:26:38AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > Make net_random() more widely available by calling it random32 > >... > > --- a/lib/Makefile > > +++ b/lib/Makefile > > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ # > > lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \ > > bust_spinlocks.o rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o \ > > idr.o div64.o int_sqrt.o bitmap.o extable.o prio_tree.o \ > > - sha1.o irq_regs.o carta_random32.o > > + sha1.o irq_regs.o random32.o carta_random32.o > >... > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/lib/random32.c > >... > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(random32); > >... > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(srandom32); > >... > > EXPORT_SYMBOL's in lib-y are latent bugs (IMHO kbuild should error > on them): > > The problem is that if only modules use these functions, they will be > omitted from the kernel image. > > cu > Adrian > The main net code uses the code so it isn't really an issue in this case. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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