Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

Aaron Gyes
2005-03-29T01:04:41Z

On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 10:12 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> No, that is not the general consensus at all. Please search the
> archives and the web for summaries of this discussion topic the last
> time it came up.
>
> greg k-h

Hi. I've searched the archives about this stuff. It looks like you
attempted to change the EXPORT_SYMBOL's to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for sysfs
stuff back in February, and the issue in general has come up many times.
A few people have made the point that Linus has said that changing
EXPORT_SYMBOL to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is not okay, that they are supposed
to start off as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL or somesuch. And it seems last time
you tried it, something made you change it back.

Can you explain this, please?