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Subject: Why does CONFIG_MODVERSIONS turn off GPLONLY?
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:34:46 -0700
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From: "Anthony King" <a.king@f5.com>
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In the 2.4 kernel, include/linux/module.h redefines EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL to
__EXPORT_SYMBOL when CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is enabled.  This results in the
GPLONLY_ prefix being dropped from symbols requesting it.  Is this
intentional, or is it a bug?

Please CC: me in replies.


thanks,

- Anthony