Re: [PATCH] i386: export genapic again

[Adrian Bunk]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 01:57:53PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> A change not too long ago made i386's genapic symbol no longer be
> exported, and thus certain low-level functions no longer be usable.
> Since close-to-the-hardware code may still be modular, this
> rectifies the situation.

We don't export symbols for "there might be some driver that might need 
this".

Can we discuss this issue when such a driver gets submitted for 
inclusion in the kernel?

> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> (actual patch attached)

cu
Adrian

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