Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >
> Some people (including me) are neutral to code that doesn't run on their > primary processor. For instance, I'd complain if you gave me a > non-free driver for my WiFi card, but I wouldn't if you gave me a free > driver that downloads a binary blob to the card itself. The blob isn't > running on my CPU, so I'm less antagonistic to it being non-free. OK. Aside from the freedom issue: Doesn't the blob have the privilege to do horrid things to a running kernel (crash, compromise, expose stuff?) I don't know if the above is true - I don't know kernel internals. But unverifiable code with kernel privileges is not a reassuring thought. PJ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
