Re: [PATCH] add feature-removal-schedule.txt documentation

[Alan Cox]

On Sad, 2005-01-08 at 18:32, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> What:	call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), and synchronize_kernel() change from
> 	EXPORT_SYMBOL() to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL().
> When:	January 9, 2006
> Files:  kernel/rcupdate.c
> Why:	There are no known environments supporting RCU from which
> 	one could reasonably expect to port a non-GPL kernel module
> 	or driver to Linux.

IBM might want to also note that anyone wanting to do so needs an IBM
patent license for non GPL use ..

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