From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262007AbVAHJeO (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jan 2005 04:34:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261824AbVAHJeA (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jan 2005 04:34:00 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:5256 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261954AbVAHFxi (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jan 2005 00:53:38 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:53:16 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Jon Smirl Cc: lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export symbol from I2C eeprom driver Message-ID: <20050108055315.GC8571@kroah.com> References: <9e47339105010721347fbeb907@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9e47339105010721347fbeb907@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:34:44AM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > Trivial patch to export a symbol from the eeprom driver. Currently > there are no exported symbols. The symbol lets the radeon DRM driver > link to it and modprobe will then force it to load along with the > radeon driver. Why do you need this symbol? Or are you just saying that you need the eeprom driver loaded for some reason? I say this as this variable is probably going to go away in the very near future, as it isn't really needed at all. thanks, greg k-h