Re: EXPORT_SYMBOL MACRO definition (in 2.4.18-3) - newbie

From: Tommy Reynolds
Date: Sun Sep 21 2003 - 10:38:48 EST


Uttered "sting sting" <zstingx@xxxxxxxxxxx>, spoke thus:

> I want to know where EXPORT_SYMBOL macro is defined (in 2.4.18-3 kernel).

It's optionally defined in module source code.

This symbol is used to tailor the symbol scoping rules implemented by
the module utilities. A module is free to define this symbol before
importing the standard module #include<> files. Use is voluntary
(2.4.x) but strongly recommended.
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