Re: [PATCH] macros to detect existance of unlocked_ioctl and ioctl_compat

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > > It should be, unless there's some problem.  In maybe a week or so.
> > > 
> > > To make life bearable for out-of kernel modules, the following patch
> > > adds 2 macros so that existance of unlocked_ioctl and ioctl_compat
> > > can be easily detected.
> > 
> > That's not the way we're making additions.  Get your code merged and
> > there won't be any need to detect the feature.
> 
> When Greg made sysfs GPL only, I've asked whether it is possible to merge
> vmmon/vmnet in (and changing its license, of course).  Answer on LKML was 
> quite clear: no, you are not interested in having vmmon/vmnet in Linux 
> kernel as you do not believe that they are usable for anything else
> than VMware.  

What about

1) Put vmmon/vmnet under GPL

2) Find some GPL user of vmmon/vmnet

3) Merge should be doable now

								Pavel

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