linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ACPI, x86: export acpi_[un]register

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Message-ID: <20121030065644.GH16648@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:56:44 +0200
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
	fenghua.yu@...el.com, len.brown@...el.com, rjw@...k.pl,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	x86@...nel.org, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ACPI, x86: export acpi_[un]register_gsi()

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:12:10PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > These functions might be called from modules as well so make sure they are
> > exported. In addition we implement empty version of acpi_unregister_gsi() and
> > remove the one from pci_irq.c.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> > Although there are no modules that use this currently, we are working on
> > ACPI 5 device enumeration support that is going to use these functions and
> > some of that code can be compiled as a module.
> 
> So why not submit these patches together with those patches?

Ok, we will do that. At the same time we change them to use _GPL version of
the EXPORT_SYMBOL.

Thanks.
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