[OpenAFS-devel] OpenAFS on ia64_linux24

[Alf Wachsmann]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Miles Davis wrote:
> Looks like check_tasklist_locked is in fact GPLONLY on that kernel. That's
> not the case with RH AS 3's stock kernel (or at least mine,
> 2.4.21-15.0.3.EL, also ia64):
>
> # grep check_tasklist_locked /proc/ksyms
> e000000004989770 check_tasklist_locked_Rsmp_15bb5893
>
> Did sgi do something silly?

It turns out that SGI recompiled the Red Hat kernel with the
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS flag unset. All Red Hat kernels have this set
which allows non-GPL modules to see the GPL-only symbols.

-- Alf.

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