Re: GPLONLY kernel symbols???

John Levon
2001-10-16T17:07:48Z

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:27:55AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> /lib/modules/2.4.11/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: Note: modules without a
> GPL compatible license cannot use GPLONLY_ symbols
>
> What is THAT?

A symbol that may only be referenced by GPL code.

The solution here is to add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") into loop.c (probably)
or upgrade (assuming it's fixed later).

regards
john

p.s. upgrade anyway, 2.4.11 is a bad idea ...

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