Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 May 2004 00:47:13 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Allowing only "-g" compiled modules! (was: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license) |
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On Fri, 2004-04-30 12:37:26 -0700, Hua Zhong <hzhong@cisco.com> wrote in message <00b201c42eea$916f6c40$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com>:
> user have a choice. A working computer which occasionally crashes is still > better to the user than a stable computer which doesn't do the job.
WHAT!? I'm sorry, but to my eyes, an unstable computer is worth nothing. If I can't somewhat trust my machine, I'll take paper and pencil...
However, I don't see a solution towards stopping companies from making (partially) binary-only drivers.
Maybe we'd start to put more effort into disassemblers/re-assemblers and code-generators from disassembly dumps.
Maybe we can use a simple solution: Only allow modules that contain full debug info :)
MfG, JBG
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