Re: [PATCH] rename net_random to random32

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On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:19:22 +0200
Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 10:26:38AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > 
> > Make net_random() more widely available by calling it random32
> >...
> > --- a/lib/Makefile
> > +++ b/lib/Makefile
> > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ #
> >  lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
> >  	 bust_spinlocks.o rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o \
> >  	 idr.o div64.o int_sqrt.o bitmap.o extable.o prio_tree.o \
> > -	 sha1.o irq_regs.o carta_random32.o
> > +	 sha1.o irq_regs.o random32.o carta_random32.o
> >...
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/lib/random32.c
> >...
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(random32);
> >...
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(srandom32);
> >...
> 
> EXPORT_SYMBOL's in lib-y are latent bugs (IMHO kbuild should error
> on them):
> 
> The problem is that if only modules use these functions, they will be 
> omitted from the kernel image.
> 

Yeah, I always get those two confused.  I moved it to obj-y, thanks.
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