El 29/12/10 07:29, Alexandre Oliva dijo: > The kernel logs the request, including the identifier, and, when it > fails, the module that issued the request often logs an error message, > that usually includes the firmware name. > > Also, the kernel sends the firmware name/identifier to the userland > hotplug program, and that program can do pretty much whatever it likes > with the name, including looking up the name in package repositories, > suggesting users to install the package that provides the firmware, or > even install it behind their backs. > > > In Linux-libre, we mangle the firmware name both in the request and the > error message, so there's no chance that any of this may happen. > However, this also disables any possibility of using non-Free firmware > that the user has installed and would like to use.
Stupid question: Can't you modify this userland program the kernel calls to handle firmware requests? -- Salud! Nicolás Reynolds, xmpp:fa...@kiwwwi.com.ar omb:http://identi.ca/fauno blog:http://selfdandi.com.ar/ gnu/linux user #455044 http://parabolagnulinux.org http://endefensadelsl.org
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