On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 09:57:08AM +0200, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> Then vendors will do a s/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL/EXPORT_SYMBOL/g on the kernel.

Huh, "fail building if a module does EXPORT_SYMBOL"...

> Recently I've identified such a case.

Regardless, there's not really a whole lot we can do technically as long
as they go and change the kernel. The EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL thing protects
only against separately distributed modules but if you deliver the whole
kernel, you can do whatever you want. :-\

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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