# RE: \[PATCH v2 2/2\] powerpc/mpic: add global timer support

- From: Wang Dongsheng-B40534 \<hidden\>
- Date: 2012-08-13 06:21:04 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/08/9470794
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2012/08/9470754/t.md

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tabi Timur-B04825
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 9:10 PM
> To: Wang Dongsheng-B40534
> Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org; <redacted>; Wood Scott-B07421; Gala
> Kumar-B11780; linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc/mpic: add global timer support
>=20
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:54 AM,  [ref] wrote:
> > From: Wang Dongsheng <redacted>
>=20
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mpic_request_timer);
>=20
> Make these EXPORT_SYMBOL.  No need for a GPL restriction.
>=20
[Wang Dongsheng] Why?
> --
> Timur Tabi
> Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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