Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933355AbYB2UpB (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:45:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757414AbYB2Uow (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:44:52 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:29215 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758924AbYB2Uov (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:44:51 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols From: Pavel Roskin To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Linus Torvalds , Zan Lynx , linux-kernel , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell In-Reply-To: <20080229201711.GF3234@tuxdriver.com> References: <1204236662.3612.6.camel@dv> <20080229012012.ajlsk4pow8wkkgss@webmail.spamcop.net> <1204304352.6767.21.camel@localhost> <1204305609.21719.16.camel@dv> <1204313978.2316.8.camel@dv> <20080229201711.GF3234@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:44:48 -0500 Message-Id: <1204317888.2316.19.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-1.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 728 Lines: 21 On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 15:17 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 02:39:38PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > I doubt ndiswrapper will ever be ported to the > > userspace. It's much more likely that some other approach will be used. > > Maybe it should be -- that might solve a lot of problems. I doubt it can be done for PCI due to DMA use by some of the drivers. Perhaps it could be done for USB, but I doubt anyone will bother. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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/