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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [module-init-tools] fix weak symbol handling 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:04:57 -0800."
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:16:57 +1100
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In message <20030113110457.A936@twiddle.net> you write:
> The pair to the kernel patch posted a moment ago.

So the semantics you want are that if A declares a weak symbol S, and
B exports a (presumably non-weak) symbol S, then A depends on B?

I think that's right, given that that is what would happen if A and B
were builtin.

Now, what does Dave think about using weak symbols?  Or is this
Alpha-specific?

Applied,
Rusty.
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