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l : linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 28 February 2008 • 3:23PM -0500

Re: Reexport init_mm ?
by Chris Snook

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drago01 wrote:
> init_mm is no longer exported in 2.6.25, because there are no in tree
> modules that use it.
> But the closed sources nvidia drivers are using it.
> Is it possible to reexport this symbol to let the driver work with this kernel?

The fact that there are no in-tree modules that use init_mm is rather
compelling evidence that it's not a necessary part of the kernel module
API.  Nvidia needs to fix their code.  If this is a burden, perhaps they
should publish their code under a GPLv2-compatible license so we can
show them how to do it.

-- Chris
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