Re: EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for __symbol_get replacing EXPORT_SYMBOL fordeprecated inter_module_get

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 18:55 +0930, Yuri Vilmanis wrote:
> I believe that, in general, new functions which replace deprecated functions 
> which were exported as EXPORT_SYMBOL, should also be exported as 
> EXPORT_SYMBOL, not as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. The reason I say this is because 
> deprecation of old functions breaks old modules and drivers that use them, 
> and changing the level of GPL strictness of the function prevents these old 
> modules being updated and used with newer kernels.
> 
> The case in point for me is ATI's binary openGL accelerated drivers (fglrx) - 
> these used inter_module_get() to communicate with the agp gart module, 

except that the AGP gart module no longer uses inter_module_*


> for 
> obvious reasons - this AGP communication is essential to the functionality of 
> the driver.

this is thus non-obvious..




> The case of inter_module_get deprecation and replacement with symbol_get 

inter_module_get is absolutely not replaced by symbol_get. They are
entirely different usages and only have a few letters in common in the
name.



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