Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757043AbZJ3Kad (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:30:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756924AbZJ3Kac (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:30:32 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:57715 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756842AbZJ3Kac (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:30:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:32:14 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: "Ryan C. Gordon" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] binfmt_elf: FatELF support for kernel modules. Message-ID: <20091030103214.463042fb@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <4ADD0086.9060304@goop.org> <4AE22D04.50708@goop.org> <20091024121421.2e530635@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <4AE5F4FB.3000506@goop.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 616 Lines: 15 > Allows kernel modules to be FatELF binaries. > > Details, rationale, tools, and patches for handling FatELF binaries can be > found at http://icculus.org/fatelf/ And you still ignore the fundamental point that the kernel module search path typically includes the architecture anyway so you can simply install two module files. That makes this feature pointless. NAK -- 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/