From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: GPL-only symbol Error
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:34:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111122223428.GA24568@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAooUDY9HZGYCNx8GUEF51kb5x2nERZ34bp=P9OafzGPuoAidQ@mail.gmail.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-22 22:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-22 21:48 GPL-only symbol Error Sengottuvelan S
2011-11-22 21:53 ` Jeff Haran
2011-11-22 22:08 ` Sengottuvelan S
2011-11-22 22:34 ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-11-22 22:35 ` Jeff Haran
2011-11-22 22:44 ` Greg KH
2011-11-23 0:34 ` Jeff Haran
2011-11-23 0:51 ` Greg KH
2011-11-23 1:09 ` Graeme Russ
2011-11-23 1:21 ` Jeff Haran
2011-11-23 1:39 ` Guillaume Knispel
2011-11-23 2:10 ` Jeff Haran
2011-11-23 2:50 ` Greg KH
2011-11-23 18:05 ` Jeff Haran
2011-11-23 19:32 ` Greg KH
2011-11-23 1:56 ` Greg Freemyer
2011-11-23 2:17 ` Jeff Haran
2011-11-23 2:48 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <1322045488.28603.17.camel@thorin>
2011-11-23 18:31 ` Jeff Haran
2011-11-23 19:28 ` Greg KH
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