Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 May 2008 11:44:54 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: Inserting code from userspace to kernel space |
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On Sun, 25 May 2008, David Newall wrote:
> > someone does not want to leak propertied algorithm out with GPL. This > > can be a way to protect. > Perhaps you want something similar to the firmware files that some > devices need loaded? (By the way, I think the word is "proprietary".)
This is different, because the firmware that is loaded by request_firmware() is not meant to be interpreted/executed by the kernel, drivers usually just pass it over to the device.
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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