<div>Hi Jeff,</div><div> </div><div>I have few symbols with this error especially - sock_recv_timestamp(). Is there way to refer this or similar API in my module with MODULE_LICENSE is "Proprietary. How do I know equavalent non-<font color="#1f497d" size="3" face="Calibri">EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL APIs to achieve similar functionality.</font><br>
</div><div>Regards</div><div>Sengottuvelan.S<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Jeff Haran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jharan@bytemobile.com">jharan@bytemobile.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org" target="_blank">kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org" target="_blank">kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sengottuvelan S<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> Kernel Newbies<br><b>Subject:</b> GPL-only symbol Error<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Basically, I am developing a kernel module named "xyz.ko" and my MODULE_LICENSE is "Proprietary". I have got an error "GPL-incompatible module xyz.ko uses GPL-only symbols".<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I am having trouble identifying it. How to avoid this error in during MODPOST?. Is there any way to avoid this error? <u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can you someone throw light on this.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Regards,<br>S. Sengottuvelan.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Legally, I believe your only option is to change your code to not reference the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL () symbols that it is currently referencing.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Jeff Haran<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards,<br>S. Sengottuvelan.<br>