The USB core symbols will be converted to GPL-only in a few years. Mark
this as such and update the documentation explaining why, and provide a
pointer for developers to receive help if they need it.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/usb/core/driver.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ const struct usb_device_id *usb_match_id
return NULL;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(usb_match_id);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(usb_match_id);
int usb_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
{
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ int usb_register_driver(struct usb_drive
return retval;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(usb_register_driver);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(usb_register_driver);
/**
* usb_deregister - unregister a USB driver
@@ -472,4 +472,4 @@ void usb_deregister(struct usb_driver *d
usbfs_update_special();
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(usb_deregister);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(usb_deregister);
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ gregkh-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -171,3 +171,22 @@ Why: The ISA interface is faster and sho
probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see
bug #5889.)
Who: Jean Delvare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
+When: Febuary 2008
+Files: include/linux/usb.h, drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+Why: The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been
+ possible to create userspace USB drivers using usbfs/libusb/gadgetfs
+ that operate as fast as the USB bus allows. Because of this, the USB
+ subsystem will not be allowing closed source kernel drivers to
+ register with it, after this grace period is over. If anyone needs
+ any help in converting their closed source drivers over to use the
+ userspace filesystems, please contact the
+ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list, and the developers
+ there will be glad to help you out.
+Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+---------------------------
+
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