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Re: [PATCH][RESEND] drivers/base: export (un)register_memory_notifier

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From: Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...>
To: Greg KH <greg@...>
Cc: Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...>, Thomas Klein <osstklei@...>, netdev <netdev@...>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...>, linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...>, Christoph Raisch <raisch@...>
Subject: [PATCH][RESEND] drivers/base: export (un)register_memory_notifier
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 5:49 am

Drivers like eHEA need memory notifiers in order to

update their internal DMA memory map when memory is added

to or removed from the system.


Signed-off-by: Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@de.ibm.com>


---

Hi Greg,


are you the right person to address this patch to?


Regards,

Jan-Bernd


 drivers/base/memory.c |    2 ++

 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c

index 7ae413f..1e1bd4c 100644

--- a/drivers/base/memory.c

+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c

@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ int register_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)

 {

         return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&memory_chain, nb);

 }

+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_memory_notifier);


 void unregister_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)

 {

         blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&memory_chain, nb);

 }

+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_memory_notifier);


 /*

  * register_memory - Setup a sysfs device for a memory block

--

1.5.2


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From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@...>
To: Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@...>, Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...>, Thomas Klein <osstklei@...>, netdev <netdev@...>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...>, linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...>, Christoph Raisch <raisch@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] drivers/base: export (un)register_memory_notifier
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 6:12 am

Is there a particular reason these can't be GPL?


-- Dave


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From: Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...>
To: Dave Hansen <haveblue@...>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@...>, Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...>, Thomas Klein <osstklei@...>, netdev <netdev@...>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...>, linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...>, Christoph Raisch <raisch@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] drivers/base: export (un)register_memory_notifier
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 6:47 am

I don't object to make them GPL. Greg, what do you think?


Regards,

Jan-Bernd


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From: Greg KH <greg@...>
To: Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...>
Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@...>, Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...>, Thomas Klein <osstklei@...>, netdev <netdev@...>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...>, linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...>, Christoph Raisch <raisch@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] drivers/base: export (un)register_memory_notifier
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 11:22 am

They should be _GPL to match the rest of the driver core.


Care to resend this?


thanks,


greg k-h

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