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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Robert Morell <rmorell@nvidia.com>
Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>,
	linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org, rob@ti.com,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:17:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121010191702.404edace@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1349884592-32485-1-git-send-email-rmorell@nvidia.com>

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:56:32 -0700
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.

NAK. This needs at the very least the approval of all rights holders for
the files concerned and all code exposed by this change.

Also I'd note if you are trying to do this for the purpose of combining
it with proprietary code then you are still in my view as a (and the view
of many other) rights holder to the kernel likely to be in breach
of the GPL requirements for a derivative work. You may consider that
formal notification of my viewpoint. Your corporate legal team can
explain to you why the fact you are now aware of my view is important to
them.

Alan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-10 18:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-10 15:56 [PATCH] dma-buf: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL Robert Morell
2012-10-10 15:56 ` Robert Morell
2012-10-10 16:23 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-10-10 16:23   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-10-10 18:17 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2012-10-10 21:02   ` Rob Clark
2012-10-11  6:57     ` Hans Verkuil
2012-10-11  6:57       ` Hans Verkuil
2012-10-11 11:34       ` Alan Cox
2012-10-11 11:34         ` Alan Cox
2012-10-11 11:36         ` Hans Verkuil
2012-10-11 12:10           ` Hans Verkuil
2012-10-11 12:52           ` Laurent Pinchart
2012-10-11 20:08         ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Dave Airlie
2012-10-12 16:32           ` Alan Cox
2012-10-25 21:30             ` Dave Airlie
2012-10-16 21:22       ` Robert Morell
2012-10-17  9:53         ` Alan Cox
2012-10-17  9:54           ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Dave Airlie
2012-10-17 10:08             ` Dave Airlie
2012-10-17 10:19               ` Dave Airlie
2012-10-17 10:25             ` Alan Cox
2012-10-17 10:22               ` Dave Airlie
2012-10-17 10:38                 ` Alan Cox
2012-10-17 10:40                   ` Dave Airlie
2012-10-10 23:22   ` Dave Airlie
2012-10-11  1:11     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-10-11  2:50       ` Dave Airlie
2012-10-11 11:37         ` Alan Cox
2012-10-11  7:20       ` Hans Verkuil
2012-10-11  7:51         ` Hans Verkuil
2012-10-11  9:10           ` Maarten Lankhorst
2012-10-11 11:13         ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-10-11 13:47           ` Rob Clark
2012-10-11 14:55             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-10-11 11:30         ` Alan Cox
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-01-06 15:06 [git pull] dma-buf tree Dave Airlie
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 12:21           ` Dave Airlie
2012-01-18 13:55           ` Ilija Hadzic
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 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 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
2012-02-19 21:20     ` Rob Clark

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