linux-kernel - Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

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Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:09:51 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...igh.org>,
	"Michael K. Edwards" <medwards.linux@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches
 for 2.6.19]


On Dec 14 2006 09:52, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 05:38:27PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
>> Yes, EXPORT_SYMBOL_INTERNAL would make a lot more sense.
>
>A quick grep shows that changing this now would require updating
>nearly 1900 instances, so patches to do this would be pretty large and
>disruptive (though we could support both during a transition and
>migrate them over time).

I'd prefer to do it at once. But that's not my decision so you anyway do what
you want.

That said, I would like to keep EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, because EXPORT and INTERNAL
is somehow contrary. Just a wording issue.

	-`J'
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