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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2006-03-20 13:17:13 -0800 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2006-03-20 13:42:58 -0800 |
| commit | b87ba0a33a634c9a8e3609702122a04034a0688d (patch) | |
| tree | 9a3d756f6c61f18c3614948fd6a1524e81f82dbd | |
| parent | 01ca70dca5c64cb774a8ac2f50bddff21d60169f (diff) | |
[PATCH] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() to USB subsystem
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 <gregkh@suse.de>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/usb/core/driver.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 28a31c5e228..afeaf6218ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -196,3 +196,21 @@ Why: Board specific code doesn't build anymore since ~2.6.0 and no users have complained indicating there is no more need for these boards. This should really be considered a last call. Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> + +--------------------------- + +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 <gregkh@suse.de> + +--------------------------- diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c index dce9d987f0f..c196f384530 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ const struct usb_device_id *usb_match_id(struct usb_interface *interface, 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) { @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int usb_register_driver(struct usb_driver *new_driver, struct module *owner) return retval; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(usb_register_driver); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(usb_register_driver); /** * usb_deregister - unregister a USB driver @@ -469,4 +469,4 @@ void usb_deregister(struct usb_driver *driver) usbfs_update_special(); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(usb_deregister); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(usb_deregister); |