netdev - Re: net: export TSO helper functions

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Message-ID: <6987021.dP2tJ87JXR@wuerfel>
Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 14:52:49 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	sachin.kamat@...aro.org
Subject: Re: net: export TSO helper functions

On Tuesday 27 May 2014 09:37:47 Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> On 27 May 12:16 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > The software TSO helper API was recently added but so far only
> > works for built-in device drivers. This adds appropriate exports
> > to let us build the drivers using it as loadable modules.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the patch. Another similar fix was sent recently:
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/352452/

Ah, I missed that.
 
> which proposes to use EXPORT_SYMBOL, instead of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Being a core
> API, I think the former is more appropriate, so I'd rather pick it instead of
> this one.

I use _GPL out of principle for any new code, but it's not important to
me here, as long as one of the patches gets applied.

	Arnd
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