Re: GPLONLY kernel symbols???

Alexander Viro
2001-10-16T17:22:19Z

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, John Levon wrote:

> 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).

invalidate_bdev() is _not_ GPL-only. Never had been, never will.