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From: Grant Grundler <iod00d@hp.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:20:46 +0000
Subject: Re: sys_ioctl export
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On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:52:27AM -0700, Mark Haverkamp wrote:
> The ia64 arch doesn't export sys_ioctl like some other 64 bit
> architectures like ppc64, sparc64 and x86_64.  Was this intentional?

Yes. C files export their own symbols now. This is "new" to 2.6.
"fgrep EXPORT_SYMBOL arch/ia64/kernel/*.c" for examples.

Did you need to call sys_ioctl() directly from a module?

grant