On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 20:12:09 +0530 Vishal Mansur <[email protected]> wrote:
> EEH kernel services are inconsistently exported by the > kernel. eeh_check_failure is exported for any use, but > eeh_dev_check_failure is exported only for GPL use. > While eeh_check_failure is implemented for a specific > purpose to be used by services such as readl, it is > not suited for a purpose where caller needs eeh status. > This functionality is provided by eeh_dev_check_failure. > > This patch relaxes the export for eeh_dev_check_failure > to make it consistent with eeh_check_failure() and > usable by non-GPL modules. The GPL covers all derivative works. Tweaking this doesn't magically allow you to use the feature in non GPL code. Your legal department can I am sure explain in detail further. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
