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scsi_unregister_driver in 2.6.10

DISCUSSION Vivek Mahajan 2 participants 3 messages Jan 11, 2005 SCSI

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I was working on my SCSI module and tried to use scsi_unregister_driver(). But looks like it has been made GPL only. I get unresolved symbol : driver_unregister(), when I tried to load the module. I think it is #defined to driver_unregister() in include/scsi/scsi_driver.h. And driver_unregister is exported as GPL only.

At the same time, scsi_register_driver() works with non GPL code without any problem. As this call is exclusively defined in drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c.

I was just wondering wss it unintentional Or there was a purpose behind that to make scsi_register_driver( ) as non GPL and scsi_unregister_driver( ) as GPL only.

Any help in this matter will be highly appreciated.

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Vivek

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Quoted 7 lines · Vivek Mahajan

I was working on my SCSI module and tried to use scsi_unregister_driver(). But looks like it has been made GPL only. I get unresolved symbol : driver_unregister(), when I tried to load the module. I think it is #defined to driver_unregister() in include/scsi/scsi_driver.h. And driver_unregister is exported as GPL only.

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At the same time, scsi_register_driver() works with non GPL code without any problem. As this call is exclusively defined in drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c.

I was just wondering wss it unintentional Or there was a purpose behind that to make scsi_register_driver( ) as non GPL and scsi_unregister_driver( ) as GPL only.

I think this was unintentional. However, I'm not sure there's a compelling reason to undo it -- scsi_register_driver is for registering top-level drivers like st, sr, sd and osst. What kind of driver is this that you're writing?

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Thanks for ur reply back. The driver is an iSCSI driver which does registeration with scsi generic driver for the various SATA drives. In 2.4 we used to use scsi_register_module() which is gone in 2.6.

It is a non GPL driver and I was just wondering what would be the work around.

Thanks muchly for your help.

Vivek

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Quoted 7 lines · Vivek Mahajan

I was working on my SCSI module and tried to use scsi_unregister_driver(). But looks like it has been made GPL only. I get unresolved symbol : driver_unregister(), when I tried to load the module. I think it is #defined to driver_unregister() in include/scsi/scsi_driver.h. And driver_unregister is exported as GPL only.

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At the same time, scsi_register_driver() works with non GPL code without any problem. As this call is exclusively defined in drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c.

I was just wondering wss it unintentional Or there was a purpose behind that to make scsi_register_driver( ) as non GPL and scsi_unregister_driver( ) as GPL only.

I think this was unintentional. However, I'm not sure there's a compelling reason to undo it -- scsi_register_driver is for registering top-level drivers like st, sr, sd and osst. What kind of driver is this that you're writing?

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"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain