Subject: Re: [PATCH revised 3/4] powerpc: Add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for symbols required by fs_enet and cpm_uart

From: Jochen Friedrich <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:15:00 +0100

Hi Vitaly,

>> Maybe this is a stupid question, but why did you choose
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL and not EXPORT_SYMBOL?
>>
> To prevent using those pointers from within non-GPL modules. kind of policy now...

In particular in this case, as these pointers are currently not exported, at all. They
are currently used by a few drivers and will disappear again once these drivers have
been converted to use the propper accessors, which will also prevent access conflicts
to the CPM registers.

Thanks,
Jochen