Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752815AbXJWF07 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:26:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751763AbXJWF0u (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:26:50 -0400 Received: from dsl081-033-126.lax1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.33.126]:41461 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751734AbXJWF0t (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:26:49 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:32:24 -0700 (PDT) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Crispin Cowan cc: Greg KH , Thomas Fricaccia , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , LSM ML Subject: Re: LSM conversion to static interface In-Reply-To: <471D834B.1080501@crispincowan.com> Message-ID: References: <200710221700.l9MH0klg006152@sapphire.spiritone.com> <20071022171326.GA30317@kroah.com> <471D834B.1080501@crispincowan.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 757 Lines: 18 On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Crispin Cowan wrote: > > Suffice it to say that there are a variety of reasons why someone either > cannot re-compile a kernel, or just does not want to recompile a kernel. > This change to LSM removes their choice to use modules others than those > provided by their distro vendor. > one reason to not be willing to rebuild the kernel is that they may rely on a module from a different third party that is shipped/tested for the specific pre-compiled kernels from the distro. David Lang - 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/