From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932119AbWBLEP7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:15:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932172AbWBLEP7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:15:59 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:6026 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932119AbWBLEP6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:15:58 -0500 Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:15:22 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Mark Lord Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() Message-ID: <20060212041522.GA29935@suse.de> References: <20060208062007.GA7936@kroah.com> <43EE9EC0.2030403@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43EE9EC0.2030403@rtr.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 09:34:40PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > > >So, here's a patch that implements EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(). It > >basically says that some time in the future, this symbol is going to > >change and not be allowed to be called from non-GPL licensed kernel > >modules. > > The wording and intent here are incorrect. > > All kernel modules are already *GPL licensed*, > whether the authors think so or not. > > So this patch (if it goes through), should be reworded > so as not to muddy those waters (as the above excerpt does). Care to provide some text that you feel will be better? thanks, greg k-h