Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264784AbUDWL2z (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:28:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264783AbUDWL2z (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:28:55 -0400 Received: from ns.indranet.co.nz ([210.54.239.210]:62423 "EHLO mail.acheron.indranet.co.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264151AbUDWL2u (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:28:50 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:28:37 +1200 From: Andrew McGregor To: Guennadi Liakhovetski , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [somewhat OT] binary modules agaaaain Message-ID: <5137757.1082762917@[192.168.1.249]> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.0.0 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1420 Lines: 51 And it must, if only because there are laws that require some device drivers to be binary only. I kid you not, take a look at the FCC software radio rules. Some wireless cards fall into their definition. Wierd world, but there we go... Andrew --On Tuesday, 20 April 2004 5:08 p.m. +0200 Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > 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. > > Thanks > Guennadi > --------------------------------- > Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D. > DSA Daten- und Systemtechnik GmbH > Pascalstr. 28 > D-52076 Aachen > Germany > > - > 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/ > > --------- Andrew McGregor Director, Scientific Advisor IndraNet Technologies Ltd http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ - 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/