linux-kernel - 2.6.24 breaks nvidia and amd/ati binary drivers, by exporting paravirt symbols as GPL

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Message-Id: <200711011936.33296.t.powa@gmx.de>
Date:	Thu, 1 Nov 2007 19:36:29 +0100
From:	Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: 2.6.24 breaks nvidia and amd/ati binary drivers, by exporting paravirt symbols as GPL

Hi
commit to .24 tree:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=93b1eab3d29e7ea32ee583de3362da84db06ded8

introduces:
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pv_mmu_ops);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pv_cpu_ops);

pv_cpu_ops is for nvidia
pv_mmu_ops' is for amd(ati)

which will break 32bit systems with paravirt enabled and trying to compile
the binary graphic drivers from amd(ati) and nvidia.


is there a chance to see these symbols not exported as GPL?
Or do they have to change their binary drivers?

thanks in advance
greetings
tpowa
-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa@...hlinux.org

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