Re: [PATCH 10/30] staging: sync: Export sync API symbols

[Erik Gilling]

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 12:21:24AM -0800, Erik Gilling wrote:
>> As John pointed out, the exynos and msm display and code uses them.  I
>> know nvidia is working on adding suport to their tegra tree.  My knee
>> jerk reaction is to make the export as permissible as possible.  That
>> being said, all of the ARM SoC vendors I've worked with have GPL
>> kernel drivers even if their user space is closed.  I'll reach out to
>> them and ask for their opinions.  Are there any issues with keeping
>> them EXPORT_SYMBOL?
>
> There's no "issues", it's just that it is preferred by some people and
> companies to add new symbols to the kernel in this manner.  It's really
> up to you / Google as you are the ones contributing the code.

Ok.  Lets keep it EXPORT_SYMBOL then.

Cheers,
   Erik
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