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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/base: export gpl (un)register_memory_notifier
From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
To: Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@de.ibm.com>
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       Thomas Klein <osstklei@de.ibm.com>,
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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:04:43 -0800
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On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 16:57 +0100, Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> Drivers like eHEA need memory notifiers in order to 
> update their internal DMA memory map when memory is added
> to or removed from the system.

Could you post this with the new users as well so we can make sure
they're not abusing this in some way?

-- Dave