Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1031213AbWI0XFX (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:05:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1031212AbWI0XFW (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:05:22 -0400 Received: from www.osadl.org ([213.239.205.134]:16091 "EHLO mail.tglx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1031213AbWI0XFT (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:05:19 -0400 Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement From: Thomas Gleixner Reply-To: tglx@linutronix.de To: Alan Cox Cc: Linus Torvalds , Krzysztof Halasa , Nicolas Mailhot , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James Bottomley In-Reply-To: <1159398089.11049.381.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <43447.192.54.193.51.1159350218.squirrel@rousalka.dyndns.org> <1159398089.11049.381.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:07:02 +0200 Message-Id: <1159398423.9326.577.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1054 Lines: 26 On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 00:01 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Ar Mer, 2006-09-27 am 13:41 -0700, ysgrifennodd Linus Torvalds: > > I think the hatred of pins became so high that it became almost > > unacceptable for motherboard designers to add them on PC's. Nobody wants > > to open their case any more ;) > > Actually some of the smarter ones wired it to the SMM indications in the > chipset so that only BIOS controlled SMM management code can do the > update and that does checksumming or basic very crude crypto type > checks. > > Fortunately the thought of a slammer equivalent that erases the firmware > isn't something most vendors want to risk their stock price and business > on. This protection is treacherous and unethical! It restricts your ultimate freedom to render your own box useless. :) tglx - 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/