Re: EXPORT_SYMBOL

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On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 08:54:23AM +0200, Andi wrote:
> kanishk rastogi schrieb:
> > hi all,
> > When we export a symbol using EXPORT_SYMBOL, We can use it to be called
> > by other modules when we insert this module .......
> > I wanted to know when does this symbol gets added to the kernel symbol
> > table ...
> 
> It's added when the module is loaded with insmod and removed when the
> module is removed.
> But you don't have to use EXPORT_SYMBOL. if you don't care about it,
> every symbol, that is not static will be exportet.
>...

Wrong.

> andi

cu
Adrian

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