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Re: Networking symbol exports

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Subject: Re: Networking symbol exports
From: ipatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:09:36 +0530
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> I have a question. Is it possible to add a few symbols to netsyms.c for
> export?

I had the same problem sometimes back. I needed some routines which weren't
exposed by the kernel to be used by modules. I also dunno what is the policy
of adding symbols to netsyms.c....maybe the maintainers can explain...

> #include <net/ip6_route.h>
>
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_forward_options);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip6_route_input);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip6_route_output);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_parse_exthdrs);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_statistics);
>
> I see that in IPv4 side at least ip_route_input and ip_route_output are
> exported. Could it also be possible for IPv6?

Strange! i also needed the same IPv6 route calculation functions to be
exported for my module!

regards,
Imran


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