It already is exported, declared as
commproc.h:extern cpm8xx_t *cpmp; /* Pointer to comm processor */
and many drivers use the pointer directly.
arch/ppc/8260_io/ drivers also use the same convention.
Not sure I see much advantage in changing it?
but not with EXPORT_SYMBOL(). I noticed this while compiling i2c stuff
as module. also, I think it's better add a function to do this instead
doing EXPORT_SYMBOL() in a variable.
what you think?
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Aristeu