Re: A "new driver model" and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL question

2005-07-06 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:37:43PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:57:40PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 03:50:43PM -0600, Zan Lynx wrote: > > > Sourced from here: > > > http://hulllug.principalhosting.net/archive/index.php/t-52440.html > > > > No,

Re: A "new driver model" and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL question

2005-07-05 Thread Michal Jaegermann
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:57:40PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 03:50:43PM -0600, Zan Lynx wrote: > > Sourced from here: > > http://hulllug.principalhosting.net/archive/index.php/t-52440.html > > No, that is not the same topic or thread. Formally you are correct but from my POV

Re: A "new driver model" and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL question

2005-07-05 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 03:50:43PM -0600, Zan Lynx wrote: > Sourced from here: > http://hulllug.principalhosting.net/archive/index.php/t-52440.html No, that is not the same topic or thread. > That was the way it was as of 2.6.10-mm1 and it stayed that way through > 2.6.12. When did that decision

Re: A "new driver model" and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL question

2005-07-05 Thread Zan Lynx
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 22:44 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 05:12:02PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote: [snip] > Then take it up with them. Users of those symbols have had many months > advance notice that this was going to happen. > > > Was a decision to use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL deli

Re: A "new driver model" and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL question

2005-07-05 Thread Lars Marowsky-Bree
On 2005-07-05T07:09:47, "Richard B. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This problem will continue. Eventually there will be no general > exported symbols. The apparent idea is to prevent the use of the > kernel in proprietary systems. ... with proprietary kernel extensions. There's a differenc

Re: A "new driver model" and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL question

2005-07-05 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Michal Jaegermann wrote: It dawned on me only now that a "new driver model" introduced in patches from GKH export symbols like that: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_create); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_destroy); and so on. The problem is that corresponding old symbols, which are still

Re: A "new driver model" and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL question

2005-07-04 Thread Michal Jaegermann
On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 10:44:41PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 05:12:02PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > > > Was a decision to use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL deliberate and if yes then > > what considerations dictated it, other then the patch author wrote > > it that way, and what dr