Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264006AbUDVMkZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:40:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264008AbUDVMkZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:40:25 -0400 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:44966 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264006AbUDVMkY (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:40:24 -0400 Message-Id: <200404210224.i3L2OAHl020208@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> To: Guennadi Liakhovetski cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [somewhat OT] binary modules agaaaain In-Reply-To: Message from Guennadi Liakhovetski of "Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:08:45 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 14) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:24:10 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1369 Lines: 28 Guennadi Liakhovetski said: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > A binary module is "considered good" if > > This is a false assumption IMO no binary only modules can be "good". > I agree! That was just an idea to make Linux life easier __if__ it > __must__ live with binary modules. Then call it "tolerable", not "good". ("Barely tolerable" comes to mind, but might be a bit harsh...). In any case, one of the biggest advantages of Linux is that in-kernel interfaces aren't set in stone. They are extremely efficient because they are expressed in terms of access to data structures and inline functions and macros. The kernel is extremely flexible because it can be configured in hundreds of different ways. All of this is lost through a fixed binary-only interface to the binary blob inside the module. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/