linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 21/25] [PATCH] export cpu_gdt

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Date:	Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:24:41 -0300
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, ak@...e.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	chrisw@...s-sol.org, jeremy@...p.org, avi@...ranet.com,
	anthony@...emonkey.ws, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	lguest@...abs.org, "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/25] [PATCH] export cpu_gdt_descr

On 8/8/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 01:19 -0300, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> > With paravirualization, hypervisors needs to handle the gdt,
> > that was right to this point only used at very early
> > inialization code. Hypervisors are commonly modules, so make
> > it an export
> >
>
> the GDT is so deeply internal that this really ought to be a _GPL
> export..

Yes, Arjan, I agree. Thanks for noticing it.


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