Re: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules...

Tigran Aivazian (tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk)
Wed, 3 Apr 2002 22:05:44 +0100 (BST)


On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:

>
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> >
> > Ok, but isn't it easier to rename _GPL -> _KERNEL (or _INTERNAL) if,
> > indeed, that is the meaning thereof? Then, in the future, one wouldn't
> > have to decide on a case by case basis like we had now (and appeal to
> > Caesar :) because the intention would be clear from the name?
>
> I agree, that is really the meaning of the _GPL thing, and it would
> probably also make people react less rabidly to the whole thing.
>
> Linus
>

Ok, so that would cover the 2.5.x (and future stable) kernels. Does
Marcelo also agree that it should be the case in the 2.4.x kernel?

Regards,
Tigran

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