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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] ieee1394_core.c: remove unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOL's
From: Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 02:53 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The patch below removes 41 unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOL's.

Unneeded according to whom, just you? These functions are part of an
API. How do I know someone is not using these in a custom ieee1394
kernel module in some industrial or research setting or something new
under development to be contributed to linux1394 project?