Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755002AbZKJNEA (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:04:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752693AbZKJND7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:03:59 -0500 Received: from forum.psychotherapie.org ([217.160.22.205]:53544 "EHLO s15216962.onlinehome-server.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752015AbZKJND6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:03:58 -0500 Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:50 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FatELF patches... Message-ID: <20091110130050.GA6555@nibiru.local> Reply-To: weigelt@metux.de Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1257103201.2865.6.camel@chumley> <20091102000147.424f104b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20091110112737.GB2998@nibiru.local> <1257856825.795.20.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1257856825.795.20.camel@tara.firmix.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1338 Lines: 31 * Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > The root of evil are plugins - even worse: binary-only plugins. > > > > Let's just take browsers: is there any damn good reason for not putting > > those things into their own process (9P provides a fine IPC for that), > > besides stupidity and lazyness of certain devs (yes, this explicitly > > includes mozilla guys) ? > Or implement running 32bit plugins from a 64bit browser. And land in an nightmare: you have to create an kind of in-process jail, so all referenced 32bit lib references get properly emulated. Better kickoff the whole idea of plugins at all. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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/