Re: Adding kmap_atomic_prot_pfn

[Thomas Hellström]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Thomas Hellström <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > Keith,
> >
> > What you actually are doing here is claiming copyright on code that 
> > other people have written, and tighten the export restrictions.  
> > kmap_atomic_prot_pfn() appeared long ago in drm git with identical 
> > code and purpose, but with different authors, and iounmap_atomic is 
> > identical to kunmap_atomic.
> >     
>
>   
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iomap_atomic_prot_pfn);
> > >       
>
> you want to use this facility in a binary-only driver?
>
> 	Ingo
>   
At this point I have no such use for it, no.
The original user was a MIT style licenced driver.

/Thomas



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