Re: [BProc] kernel patch - take 2

[Erik A. H. <er...@he...>]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 07:43:18PM -0400, henken wrote:
> 
> apparently the bproc modules would like __all__ of the symbols it needs
> exported. New patch is here:
> 
> http://reno.cis.upenn.edu/~henken/patches

What symbols was it complaining about?  I suspect this is a Red Hat
kernel problem since I don't see any problems.  (at least thru 2.4.10)

> P.S Any plans to make the bproc stuff move to using the GPL symbols?

Not at this point.  It's not critical and it would needlessly hurt
backward compatibility right now.  When I generate a patch that will
only work on linux 2.4.12 or later, I'll think about it.  The 2.4.10
patch appears to apply cleanly but I haven't tested it.

I really don't think that this kind of thing is a big deal.  Having
the system automagically bitch or not doesn't change the license on
BProc.  There's virtually no BProc code *in* the kernel anyway.  If
somebody wrote non-GPL modules to use those hooks, it would amount to
reimplementing the whole thing.

- Erik
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