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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707190849450.30763@localhost.localdomain> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:53:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com> To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore? just curious -- under kernel hacking, there is the option UNUSED_SYMBOLS to "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" using EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL]. reads the help text (in part): "This option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway." but it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which might be used at any time. currently, there are no invocations of EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL] anywhere in the tree. so does that mean this feature can be tossed? or might it still be used every so often? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - 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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