Re: Reexport init_mm ?

From: Ioan Ionita
Date: Fri Feb 29 2008 - 08:26:55 EST


On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Chris Snook <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> drago01 wrote:
> > init_mm is no longer exported in 2.6.25, because there are no in tree
> > modules that use it.
> > But the closed sources nvidia drivers are using it.
> > Is it possible to reexport this symbol to let the driver work with this kernel?
>
> The fact that there are no in-tree modules that use init_mm is rather
> compelling evidence that it's not a necessary part of the kernel module
> API. Nvidia needs to fix their code. If this is a burden, perhaps they
> should publish their code under a GPLv2-compatible license so we can
> show them how to do it.

Publish it and get it merged so you'd have no choice but to keep the
symbol exported in the first place?
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