Re: EXPORT_SYMBOL not mandatory in 2.4.x?

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Hi Rick,

On 1/18/07, Rick Brown <rick.brown.3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The use of EXPORT_SYMBOL() is not required in 2.4.

It is good to export it, for you to know that it can be used by other modules.

It has been enforced strictly in 2.6.

Even in 2.6, the
use of EXPORT SYMBOL is only required if a kernel symbol is to be used
by a dynamically loaded module or viceversa. Right?

Yup.

SK

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