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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0704301303400.29151@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:04:23 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, mingo@...e.hu, patches@...-64.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [39/40] i386: Export paravirt_ops for non GPL modules
 too


On Apr 30 2007 11:50, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:28:14PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> 
>> Otherwise non GPL modules cannot even do basic operations
>> like disabling interrupts anymore, which would be excessive.
>> 
>> Longer term should split the single structure up into
>> internal and external symbols and not export the internal
>> ones at all.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
>
>Ingo was dead-set against this and I kinda agree. 

So would I, as unimportant as I am in that virtualization area.


Jan
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