RE: lug-bg: Note:modules without a GPL compatible licence cannot use GPLONLY_symbols

[bkrosnov@xxxxxxxx (Boyan Krosnov)]

Ubeden sym che nvidia drivera se opitwa da se linkne s nqkakyv kernel
simwol kojto e markiran za polzwane samo ot GPL sywmestimi. Nvivia
drivera, syshto taka, sym ubeden che ne e s GPL sywmestim licenz. I
oshte sym ubeden che tazi grupa ot dwa fakta e prichinata ne se loadwa.

NVidia Drivera ima MODULE_LICENSE() kojto ne e sywmestim s GPL.

> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() allows for new interfaces to be marked as only
zabelejete dumichkata new interfaces .....
t.e. ili ext3 patcha narushawa prawiloto da se lepi export_symbol_gpl
samo na nowi interfeisi ili bog znae kakwo stawa.

tehnicheski wariantite da zakyrpish polojenieto sa dwa:
ili obejdawash kernela da si misli che licenza na nvidia drivera e gpl
compatible
ili promenqsh koda na nvidia drivera da pishe gpl w nego
! i dwata nachina narushawat licenza. !

politicheski prawilniq nachin da si reshish problema e da razgledash
ext3 kernel patcha na koj tochno kernel interface lepwa toq simwol i ako
towa e interface kojto e syshtestwuwa i predi patcha da se swyrjesh s
developera mu i da mu pokajesh taq pisanka ot kernel traffic che ne
trqbwa da pipa stari interfejsi:
"
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() may only be used for new exported symbols, Linus has
spoken. I believe the phrase involved killer penguins with chainsaws for
anybody who changed existing exported interfaces. 
"
"
"Linus said that all existing entry points would remain untagged. Thus
existing modules would not be affected."
"

Kaji pri uspeh.

BR,
Boyan
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