Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261752AbUD3WrR (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:47:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261763AbUD3WrQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:47:16 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:57514 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261752AbUD3WrO (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:47:14 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 00:47:13 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: "'lkml - Kernel Mailing List'" Subject: Allowing only "-g" compiled modules! (was: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license) Message-ID: <20040430224713.GX29503@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: 'lkml - Kernel Mailing List' References: <00b201c42eea$916f6c40$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1Wg5Vd7si6EhrIHA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00b201c42eea$916f6c40$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1793 Lines: 53 --1Wg5Vd7si6EhrIHA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2004-04-30 12:37:26 -0700, Hua Zhong wrote in message <00b201c42eea$916f6c40$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com>: > user have a choice. A working computer which occasionally crashes is still > better to the user than a stable computer which doesn't do the job. WHAT!? I'm sorry, but to my eyes, an unstable computer is worth nothing. If I can't somewhat trust my machine, I'll take paper and pencil... However, I don't see a solution towards stopping companies from making (partially) binary-only drivers. Maybe we'd start to put more effort into disassemblers/re-assemblers and code-generators from disassembly dumps. Maybe we can use a simple solution: Only allow modules that contain full debug info :) MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TC= PA)); --1Wg5Vd7si6EhrIHA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAktdxHb1edYOZ4bsRAsZEAJwM9zjB/GUs84UEJNVwxpT5nl/EVQCfbw01 eLEkFquhPRPlVi2u/A26tDg= =XLGt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1Wg5Vd7si6EhrIHA-- - 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/