Greg wrote:
Actually, in thinking about this even more, I just realized that I have to rip this hook out. I say this because we are allowing a change to the kernel that is needed _only_ for a closed source module. See Linus's comments about "if a change is needed to be made to the kernel in order to get a closed source module to work, that module must be made opensource" or something close to that.
So, I'll rip this out with the next round of USB patches that I send off to Linus.
Nemosoft, any thoughts?
Nemosoft Unv. wrote:
Uhm, excuse me? This hook has been there since the beginning of PWC in the kernel, so I don't consider it a 'change'. The only change there has been
Hmmm, I saw that comment by Linus, and I am obviously by no means as emersed in kernel development as ... well, either of you ... but I took Linus' comment to mean more that the kernel will not be changed to work around odd behavior in binary-only modules.
I.e. if a binary module is doing something completely normal that an open source module would need to do, it's reasonably to have that support in the kernel. However, if the module requires something odd or an exception, then it will not be added to the kernel.
Just thought I'd add my 2 cents...
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