From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Robert Morell <rmorell@nvidia.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sumit.semwal@linaro.org,
airlied@linux.ie, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:48:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120118114835.73396d24@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1326845297-6233-2-git-send-email-rmorell@nvidia.com>
On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:08:17 -0800
Robert Morell <rmorell@nvidia.com> wrote:
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is intended to be used for "an internal implementation
> issue, and not really an interface". The dma-buf infrastructure is
> explicitly intended as an interface between modules/drivers, so it
> should use EXPORT_SYMBOL instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Morell <rmorell@nvidia.com>
Please get a Signed-off-by: from the original authors. In some eyes you
are making what is a licensing change, and that needs the rights holders
permissions.
So this patch at the very least needs approval from TI and Linaro.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-18 11:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <alpine.DEB.2.00.1201061458020.18430@skynet.skynet.ie>
2012-01-18 0:08 ` Expanding the use of DMA buffers in 3.3 Robert Morell
2012-01-18 0:08 ` [PATCH] dma-buf: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL Robert Morell
2012-01-18 9:10 ` Semwal, Sumit
2012-01-18 12:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-01-18 12:21 ` Dave Airlie
2012-01-18 13:55 ` Ilija Hadzic
2012-01-18 14:00 ` Dave Airlie
2012-01-19 1:11 ` Robert Morell
2012-01-18 14:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-01-18 12:23 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-01-19 7:26 ` Dave Airlie
2012-01-20 18:04 ` Robert Morell
2012-01-20 18:12 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-01-21 17:32 ` Daniel Vetter
2012-01-25 5:34 ` Semwal, Sumit
2012-01-25 12:30 ` Alan Cox
2012-01-25 13:46 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-01-25 13:48 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-01-18 11:48 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2012-02-19 21:20 ` Rob Clark
2012-01-18 11:53 ` Expanding the use of DMA buffers in 3.3 Alan Cox
2012-01-19 6:43 ` Pekka Enberg
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