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    Subject[RFC] vtunerc: virtual DVB device - is it ok to NACK driver because of worrying about possible misusage?
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    Hi folks.

    I need to warn you that my mail is a bit little longer then I would like
    to be.But I'm not able to ask my question without some
    background information.

    On June 19th, I was sending the driver to the Linux-media
    mailing list. Original announcement is there:

    http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg34240.html

    One would say that the code describes very well what it does = adds
    virtual DVB device. To be more clear on it I have even done some
    small picture:

    http://www.nessiedvb.org/wiki/doku.php?id=vtuner_bigpicture

    I was hoping to get any feedback regarding code implementation.
    It was my first code for the kernel and I felt very well that some
    part can be done better or even simpler.

    What really surprised me badly was that when I read all 54 responses
    I have counted only two real technical answers!!! All rest were about
    POLITICAL issues - code was NACKed w/o any technical discussion.
    Because of fear of possible abusing of driver.

    I didn't know that there existed very big movement against such
    code in dvb-core subsystem before.

    I have one big problem with it. I can even imagine that some "bad guys"
    could abuse virtual driver to use it for distribution close-source drivers
    in the binary blobs. But is it that - worrying about bad boys abusing -
    the sufficient reason for such aggressive NACK which I did? Then would
    be better to remove loadable module API fully from kernel. Is it the right way?

    Please confirm me that worrying about abusive act is enough to NACK
    particular driver. Then I may be definitely understand I'm doing something
    wrong and will stay (with such enemy driver) out of tree.

    I can't understand that because I see very similar drivers in kernel for ages
    (nbd, or even more similar is usbip) and seems they don't hamper to anybody.

    I would like to note that I don't want to start any flame-war, so very short
    answer would be enough for me.

    Regards

    Honza

    PS: Please be so kind and CC the answer/comment to me, I'm
    only on linux-media ML, not on linux-kernel ML. Thanks.

    BTW, if accidentally, somebody find it interesting and would like to
    help me doing code review, there is the code hosted now:
    http://code.google.com/p/vtuner/source/browse?repo=linux-driver


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