Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933336AbYB2VAP (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:00:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756269AbYB2U77 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:59:59 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:12683 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755903AbYB2U77 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:59:59 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols From: Pavel Roskin To: David Newall Cc: "John W. Linville" , Linus Torvalds , Zan Lynx , linux-kernel , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell In-Reply-To: <47C86DCA.5080706@davidnewall.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> <47C86DCA.5080706@davidnewall.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:59:57 -0500 Message-Id: <1204318797.2316.29.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: 1085 Lines: 30 On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 07:10 +1030, David Newall wrote: > 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 > > Maybe it's time to rename it from "ndiswrapper" to "NdisWrapper". > > How stupid do you have to be to not see that it will be fixed in any way > necessary. I'm quite sure that something like that is going to be the short term fix. Still, it would be nice to have a more long term solution, the one that tries to resolve the tensions rather than hide them. I'm not sure it's possible, but just trying to negotiate could help find understanding. -- 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/