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From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] vfio/mdev: Remove vfio_mdev.c
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 05:00:11PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> Preserve VFIO's design of allowing mdev drivers to be !GPL by allowing the
> three functions that replace this module for !GPL usage. This goes along
> with the other 19 symbols that are already marked !GPL in VFIO.

NAK.  This was a sneak by Nvidia to try a GPL condom, and now that we
remove that not working condom it does not mean core symbols can be
just changed.