linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 25/25] [PATCH] add paravirtualization support for x86

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Date:	Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:18:57 +1000
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	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 25/25] [PATCH] add paravirtualization support for x86_64

On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 11:49 -0300, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> On 8/8/07, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(paravirt_ops);
> >
> > Definitely _GPL at least.
> Sure.

We ended up making it EXPORT_SYMBOL in i386 because every driver wants
to save and restore interrupt state.

But questionably-licensed drivers might be less of a concern on x86-64.

Cheers,
Rusty.


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