Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262370AbUD2CbM (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:31:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262418AbUD2CbL (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:31:11 -0400 Received: from wirefire.bureaudepost.com ([66.38.187.209]:37603 "EHLO oasis.linuxant.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262370AbUD2CbH (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:31:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4150E18A-9985-11D8-85DF-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Timothy Miller , lkml - Kernel Mailing List , Rusty Russell , David Gibson From: Marc Boucher Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:31:01 -0400 To: Rik van Riel X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1237 Lines: 38 Hi Rik, Your new proposed message sounds much clearer to the ordinary mortal and would imho be a significant improvement. Perhaps printing repetitive warnings for identical $MODULE_VENDOR strings could also be avoided, taking care of the redundancy/volume problem as well.. Cheers Marc On Apr 28, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Rik van Riel wrote: > > I wouldn't be averse to changing the text the kernel prints > when loading a module with an incompatible license. If the > text "$MOD_FOO: module license '$BLAH' taints kernel." upsets > the users, it's easy enough to change it. > > How about the following? > > "Due to $MOD_FOO's license ($BLAH), the Linux kernel community > cannot resolve problems you may encounter. Please contact > $MODULE_VENDOR for support issues." > > > > -- > "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, > by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan > - 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/