Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262289AbVBCFAn (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:00:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262722AbVBCFAn (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:00:43 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:28840 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262289AbVBCFAh (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:00:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 20:57:36 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Pavel Roskin Cc: Joseph Pingenot , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Patrick Mochel Subject: Re: Please open sysfs symbols to proprietary modules Message-ID: <20050203045736.GA17820@kroah.com> References: <20050203000917.GA12204@digitasaru.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 17 On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:13:15PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > I won't open all details, but suppose I want the bridge to handle certain > frames in a special way, just like BPDU frames are handled if STP is > enabled. There is a hook for that already - see br_handle_frame_hook. > The proprietary module would just have to change it. Why use Linux if you want to make a proprietary module? Why not use another operating system that is more suited toward such usage. The Linux kernel certainly is not such a system. greg k-h - 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/