linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pcmcia: export pcmcia_bus

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Message-ID: <20070513212042.GA14668@infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 13 May 2007 22:20:42 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pcmcia: export pcmcia_bus_type

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 01:06:58PM -0500, Olof Johansson wrote:
> Export pcmcia_bus_type so module-based drivers can register bus notifiers,
> and add it to what seems to be the main include file.

This all sounds rather fishy to me.  Care to send the code along that makes
use of it.

And even if we're going to add the export it should be _GPL because it's
a deeply internal implementation detail.  Then again I'm not exactly
convinced we should export it yet.

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