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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:34:28 -0800
Subject: GPL-only symbol Error
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 02:08:59PM -0800, Sengottuvelan S wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> ?
> I?have?few symbols with this error especially - sock_recv_timestamp().?Is there
> way to refer this or similar API in my module with MODULE_LICENSE is
> "Proprietary. How do?I know equavalent non-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL? APIs to achieve
> similar functionality.

There are none, you need to fix the license of your kernel module.

You do realize the kernel developer community's stance on non-GPL Linux
kernel modules, right?  Any reason why your company feels they can go
against their wishes?

thanks,

greg k-h