[Q] Objects with EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS

[Q] Objects with EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS

[Thunder from the hill]

Hi,

Should an object which explicitly defines EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS be listed in 
export-objs? If not, then I just found some candidates...

							Regards,
							Thunder
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Re: [Q] Objects with EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS

[Kai Germaschewski]

On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Thunder from the hill wrote:

> Should an object which explicitly defines EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS be listed in 
> export-objs? If not, then I just found some candidates...

In 2.5, there shouldn't be any source which has an "EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS"  
line, if so just delete it.

Generally (2.4 and 2.5), a file should be listed in export-objs iff the
source contains some "EXPORT_SYMBOL(...)" statement.

--Kai

Re: [Q] Objects with EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS

[Dave Jones]

On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 06:44:43PM -0500, Kai Germaschewski wrote:
 > On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Thunder from the hill wrote:
 > 
 > > Should an object which explicitly defines EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS be listed in 
 > > export-objs? If not, then I just found some candidates...
 > 
 > In 2.5, there shouldn't be any source which has an "EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS"  
 > line, if so just delete it.

Unless a driver author is sharing the same source between 2.4/2.5
Adding a (harmless) EXPORT_NO_SYMBOLS to 2.5 source would be preferable
to wrapping it in a kernel version ifdef.

        Dave

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