[PATCH 4/9] powerpc: BestComm core support for Freescale MPC5200

Dale Farnsworth dale at farnsworth.org
Sun May 13 13:36:59 EST 2007


Sylvain Munaut wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > Why don't you use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?
> Why would I ? Is it mandatory now ?
> I don't really have an objection to non-gpl modules to use the exported
> functions ...
> If Dale or Andrey have, they're free to post a patch to change to _GPL.

Hi Sylvain,

The general recommendation is to use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL unless there
is some overriding reason not to.  I agree with that recommendation.
That's my preference for this code, but I'll defer to you Sylvain.

BTW, it's great to see this code being submitted.

-Dale Farnsworth



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