linux-kernel - kernel/module.c warning re: non-GPL modules looks wrong

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706090521250.28643@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 9 Jun 2007 05:25:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: kernel/module.c warning re: non-GPL modules looks wrong


  from kernel/module.c:
...
        ks = lookup_symbol(name, __start___ksymtab_gpl_future,
                                 __stop___ksymtab_gpl_future);
        if (ks) {
                if (!gplok) {
                        printk(KERN_WARNING "Symbol %s is being used "
                          "by a non-GPL module, which will not "
                          "be allowed in the future\n", name);
                        printk(KERN_WARNING "Please see the file "
                          "Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt "
                          "in the kernel source tree for more "
                          "details.\n");
...

  but there's nothing in the feature removal file that expands on that
issue.  (there *is* an entry regarding *unused* symbols, but that
doesn't seem to address the above.)

rday
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