Re: Linux move to remove unused Kernel symbols effects LiS
Dave Grothe <[email protected]>
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I have mailed Arjan about this and will see what he has to say. I only see 5 symbols that LiS uses that are on the list and of those only 3 are really necessary. getname kill_pg get_empty_filp do_settimeofday pci_dac_set_dma_mask -- Dave At 02:20 PM 1/19/2005, Matthew Gierlach wrote: >Hi Jeff: > > I have mot hard of this effort. However, we should raise our > collective LiS concern to lobby for the retention of the LiS > required symbols. Linux 2.6 makes it very difficult to integrate > LiS. There are barriers and obstacles in the kernel that appear > to be targeted at deterring efforts to enhance Linux kernel > functionality like LiS does. > > If the symbols LiS needs are not made avaialble, then the Linux > kernel becomes a closed system. That is not acceptable. > > Matt Gierlach - Adax, Inc. > >On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Jeff Smith wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:13:51 -0500 > > From: Jeff Smith <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Linux-streams] Linux move to remove unused Kernel symbols > > effects LiS > > > > There is an effort underway within the Linux kernel community to remove > "unused" exports from the kernel. They have created a list of these > symbols at: http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/unused > > > > We have done a scan of LiS and found hits against this list. Has anyone > heard of this effort? It looks like a 2.6 kernel effort only for now. > > > > Jeff L Smith > >_______________________________________________ >Linux-streams mailing list >[email protected] >http://gsyc.escet.urjc.es/mailman/listinfo/linux-streams