On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 10:55:52AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > drivers/usb/core/message.c no longer exports usb_get_string, this
> > breaks some external drivers (probably most notably ndiswrapper) --
> > attached patch #2 reverts this.
>
> Agree. We shouldn't be ripping out exported symbols with zero notice like
> this. We have a process for doing this.
I had no idea no one else used this symbol, as nothing in-kernel does,
sorry. Care to tell me why you need this function? A USB driver should
not use it, but rather use the already-cached strings the USB core
provides for you.
thanks,
greg k-h
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