Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751005AbVLGMlT (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:41:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751008AbVLGMlT (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:41:19 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:4758 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751002AbVLGMlS (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:41:18 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:41:10 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Helge Hafting Cc: Benjamin LaHaise , Michael Poole , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Message-ID: <20051207124110.GA17895@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Helge Hafting , Benjamin LaHaise , Michael Poole , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <200512051826.06703.andrew@walrond.org> <1133817575.11280.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1133817888.9356.78.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1133819684.11280.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4394D396.1020102@am.sony.com> <20051206041215.GC26602@kroah.com> <87iru2c0zc.fsf@graviton.dyn.troilus.org> <20051206172153.GB22502@kvack.org> <4396D814.5070809@aitel.hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4396D814.5070809@aitel.hist.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 688 Lines: 14 On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 01:39:48PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > They can always claim that reverse engineering works both ways. > Linux spinlocks can be reverse engineered, or they can search > the mailing list archives for detailed explanations. :-/ Sure they can do that. But the point is they don't. Every propritary driver so far uses the linux spinlock inline routines directly, may it be in the object or in the glue code they ship. - 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/