Hi Robert, You are right. The symbols marked with EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL are deprecated and shouldn't be used by other developers. ([1]). So until they are completely removed they are marked as unused to warn other developers not to used them anymore. thanks Daniel. [1]http://lwn.net/Articles/249246/ On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Robert P. J. Day<rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > perhaps showing my ignorance, but what is the purpose of that macro > definition? there appears to be precious little usage of it left in > the tree, and i'm thinking it's been deprecated for a while and can be > removed. or is there some continuing value to it? > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > "Kernel Newbie Corner" column @ linux.com: http://cli.gs/WG6WYX > ======================================================================== > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
