> On the other hand, given that we've always said that closed-source stuff in > userspace is OK, the only way to not let *that* horse out of the barn is to > not merge UIO at all.
It really makes no difference whether it is merged or not. The test is "derivative work" and not 'linking'. A user space driver that is unusuable without a specific GPL kernel chunk is quite likely to be a derived work of the GPL kernel module so the documentation is giving poor advice however Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
