On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 09:12 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 07:24:14PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > > Michael Buesch wrote: > > > On Monday 16 April 2007 20:50, Larry Finger wrote: > > > >> @@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ void free_ieee80211(struct net_device *d > > >> > > >> static int debug = 0; > > >> u32 ieee80211_debug_level = 0; > > >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_debug_level); > > > > > > We don't use the _GPL suffix in mac80211. > > > > Upon inspection, neither does most of ieee80211. It is now changed. > > You are strongly encouraged to use the _GPL version for new symbol > exports, especially those which are fundamentally internal to > in-kernel subsystems and/or have no reasonable usage by drivers. > FWIW, this symbol would seem to fulfill both of those criteria. > > If you do not object, I would prefer the _GPL version of the patch. What's the rationale for mac80211 _not_ using _GPL exports? I thought most new exports were pretty much required to be _GPL (otherwise somebody would NAK it) unless it was really, really necessary that they weren't. Dan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
