From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: kaber@trash.net
Cc: greearb@candelatech.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VLAN patch: Export symbols as non GPL symbols.
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:37:59 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090126.123759.25767520.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <497DED71.50900@trash.net>
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:05:53 +0100
> Ben Greear wrote:
> > In previous kernels, any kernel module could get access to the 'real-device' and the
> > VLAN-ID for a particular VLAN. In more recent kernels, the code was restructured
> > such that this is hard to do without accessing private .h files for any module that cannot
> > use GPL-only symbols.
> > Attached is a patch to once again allow non-GPL modules the ability to access the
> > real-device and VLAN id for VLANs. This patch is against 2.6.29-rc2.
> > Signed-Off-By: Ben Greear<greearb@candelatech.com>
>
> I added that export after moving the code from a header file, but
> there's no reason from my side not to export this to non-GPLed
> drivers, using _GPL was merely a habit.
>
> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Applied, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-26 20:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-26 17:01 VLAN patch: Export symbols as non GPL symbols Ben Greear
2009-01-26 17:05 ` Patrick McHardy
2009-01-26 20:37 ` David Miller [this message]
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