[PATCH] UBUNTU: export snd_hda_codec_read and snd_hda_codec_write

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Fri Jun 6 09:10:59 UTC 2008


On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 03:28:27PM -0400, Torsten Spindler wrote:
> hda_codec.h is now available from lum-headers, snd_hda_codec_read
> and snd_codec_write is exported to allow LSI modem driver to compile.

Have you checked this with upstream? Exporting symbols purely for the 
use of proprietary code has potential GPL issues. It's hard to argue 
that the proprietary code isn't a derived work of the kernel if it makes 
use of interfaces that aren't exported by default.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org




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