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    SubjectRe: [somewhat OT] binary modules agaaaain
    On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
    > A binary module is "considered good" if
    >
    > 1) It is accompanied by a "suitably licensed" (GPL-compatible) open-source
    > glue-module.
    >
    > 2) The sourced used to compile the binary part do not access any of the
    > kernel functionalities directly. Which means:
    > a) they don't (need to) include any kernel header-files
    > b) they don't access any kernel objects or methods directly
    > c) all interfacing to the kernel goes over the glue module and the
    > interface is _purely functional_ - no macros, no inlines.

    And for which architectures do they have to provide the binary-only part? 22
    and still counting...

    Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

    Geert

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