linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol

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Message-Id: <20190924.164528.724219923520816886.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:45:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     uwe@...ine-koenig.org
Cc:     talgi@...lanox.com, saeedm@...lanox.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol

From: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:31:15 +0200

> According to Tal Gilboa the only benefit from DIM comes from a driver
> that uses it. So it doesn't make sense to make this symbol user visible,
> instead all drivers that use it should select it (as is already the case
> AFAICT).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>

Since this doesn't apply due to the moderation typo being elsewhere, I'd
really like you to fix up this submission to properly be against 'net'.

Thank you.