Messages in this thread |  | | From | richardj_moore@uk ... | Date | Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:57:47 +0000 | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI) |
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> Yes, and that's why I am opposing here: Technically you are right, but > proposing that enterprise Linux should go this way is inviting binary > only modules due to the lax handling of modules.
Not so sure it does. If a kernel module wants to make use of GKHI then it will have to
1) include a GKHI header file or copy some of the code in it, 2) Update kernel source in a minimal way to add the callbacks
Wouldn't 1) under GPL terms force the kernel module to be GPL?
Richard Moore - RAS Project Lead - Linux Technology Centre (PISC).
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