From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:40:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:39:58 -0400 Received: from vger.timpanogas.org ([207.109.151.240]:50440 "EHLO vger.timpanogas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:39:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 17:32:56 -0600 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: jmerkey@timpanogas.org Subject: EXPORT_SYMBOL for chrdev_open 2.4.3 Message-ID: <20010413173256.A14267@vger.timpanogas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org It would be nice if chrdev_open were added to ksyms.c along with blkdev_open since tape devices seem are always registered as character rather than block devices. I am finding that kernel modules that need to open and close a tape drive have to export chrdev_open manually on 2.4.3. Can this get exported as well? Closing is not a problem since the method of calling (->release) seems to work OK with SCSI tape devices. :-) Jeff