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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] In-kernel module loader 1/7 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:19:24 -0400."
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In message <20020919021924.GA31417@nevyn.them.org> you write:
> I still think that the kernel has no business knowing how to parse ELF
> relocation.

Thanks for your feedback.

> It's just as easy to parse it in userspace;

It is?  Thanks for explaining, I thought it was significantly more
difficult.

> and what do you gain from moving the complexity from userspace to
> kernelspace?

Clearly, nothing.  I apologize for wasting your time.

Rusty.
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  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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