Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 09 Nov 2000 07:25:52 -0500 | From | Michael Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI) |
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Christoph Rohland wrote: > If we really need a special enterprise tree lets do > it without module tricks.
Why? I think the IBM GKHI code would be of tremendous value. It would make the kernel much more flexible, and for users, much more friendly. No more patch-and-recompile to add a filesystem or whatever. There's no reason to hamstring their efforts because of the possibility of binary modules. The GPL allows that, right? So any developer of binary-only extensions using the GKHI would not be breaking the license agreement, I don't think. There's lots of binary modules right now -- VMWare, Aureal sound card drivers, etc.
I understand and agree with your desire for full source for everything, but I disagree that we should artificially limit people's ability to use Linux to solve their problems. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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