Re: GPLONLY kernel symbols???

Christoph Lameter
2001-10-17T04:59:04Z

The loop driver is not GPL compatible???

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Keith Owens wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:27:55 -0700 (PDT),
> Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com> wrote:
> >I just tried to load the loop driver in 2.4.11
> >
> >devel:/home/christoph/devel/bf/boot-floppies# insmod loop
> >Using /lib/modules/2.4.11/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o
> >/lib/modules/2.4.11/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: unresolved symbol
> >invalidate_bdev
> >/lib/modules/2.4.11/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: Note: modules without a
> >GPL compatible license cannot use GPLONLY_ symbols
> >
> >What is THAT?
>
> If a symbol has been exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL then it appears as
> unresolved for modules that do not have a GPL compatible MODULE_LICENCE
> string. So when a module without a GPL compatible MODULE_LICENCE gets
> an unresolved symbol, I print that message as a hint to the user. I
> thought the response was obvious, but looks like I need to expand the
> hint text even further.
>
> Note: modules without a GPL compatible license cannot use GPLONLY_ symbols.
> This may or may not be your problem, there can be other reasons
> for unresolved symbols.
>
>