From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261692AbVGIS4D (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jul 2005 14:56:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261693AbVGIS4D (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jul 2005 14:56:03 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:28173 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261692AbVGIS4A (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jul 2005 14:56:00 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:55:57 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Ben Collins Cc: Stefan Richter , linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, scjody@modernduck.com Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/ieee1394/: schedule unused EXPORT_SYMBOL's for removal Message-ID: <20050709185557.GI28243@stusta.de> References: <20050709030734.GD28243@stusta.de> <200507090722.j697Mcrv015292@einhorn.in-berlin.de> <20050709075035.GA20151@phunnypharm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050709075035.GA20151@phunnypharm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 03:50:35AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > Can we, instead of removing these, wrap then in a "Export full API" config > option? I've already got several reports from external projects that are This will end in all distributions having this option enabled resulting in no change compared to todays status quo. > using most of these exported symbols, and I'd hate to make it harder on > them to use our drivers (for internal projects or otherwise). What are these external projects? Is they are internal projects, re-adding the EXPORT_SYMBOL's should be trivial for them. If they aren't only internal internal project, why can't they simply be merged (making all discussions about removal of the EXPORT_SYMBOL's they use obsolete)? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed