--- zzzz-none-000/linux-5.15.111/net/core/rtnetlink.c	2023-05-11 14:00:40.000000000 +0000
+++ puma7-atom-6670-761/linux-5.15.111/net/core/rtnetlink.c	2024-02-07 10:23:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+/*
+  Includes MaxLinear's changes dated: 2021.
+  Changed portions - Copyright 2021, MaxLinear, Inc.
+*/
+
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -350,7 +355,7 @@
 
 static LIST_HEAD(link_ops);
 
-static const struct rtnl_link_ops *rtnl_link_ops_get(const char *kind)
+const struct rtnl_link_ops *rtnl_link_ops_get(const char *kind)
 {
 	const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops;
 
@@ -360,6 +365,7 @@
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_link_ops_get);
 
 /**
  * __rtnl_link_register - Register rtnl_link_ops with rtnetlink.