linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] restore export of handle_mm

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:18:56 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@...ian.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 486798@...s.debian.org,
	josejx@...too.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] restore export of handle_mm_fault for Mac on Linux

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:14:02 +0200
Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@...ian.org> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> The kernel modules for Mac on Linux (MOL) need handle_mm_fault. 
> MOL is a GPL licensed virtual machine to run MacOS(X) on PPC Linux.
> 
> The export for handle_mm_fault was removed with commit
> 41f9dc5c871600f53c8912b2975971d2a11c1c25. 

This sort of thing is going to happen if modules hide out of tree. If MOL
is GPL why isn't it getting submitted to the kernel tree - other
virtualisation subsystems such as KVM are in tree ?
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