public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
To: "'lkml - Kernel Mailing List'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Allowing only "-g" compiled modules! (was: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license)
Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 00:47:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040430224713.GX29503@lug-owl.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00b201c42eea$916f6c40$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com>

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1065 bytes --]

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

-- 
   Jan-Benedict Glaw       jbglaw@lug-owl.de    . +49-172-7608481
   "Eine Freie Meinung in  einem Freien Kopf    | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg
    fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! |   im Irak!
   ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));

[-- Attachment #2: Digital signature --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 189 bytes --]

  reply	other threads:[~2004-04-30 22:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <009701c42edf$25e47390$ca41cb3f@amer.cisco.com>
2004-04-30 19:19 ` [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Linus Torvalds
2004-04-30 19:37   ` Hua Zhong
2004-04-30 22:47     ` Jan-Benedict Glaw [this message]
2004-04-30 20:11   ` Marc Boucher
2004-04-30 20:26     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-04-30 20:39       ` Marc Boucher
2004-04-30 20:44         ` Linus Torvalds
2004-04-30 20:53           ` Marc Boucher
2004-04-30 21:05             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-04-30 21:10             ` Timothy Miller
2004-04-30 20:46         ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-04-30 20:34     ` Stefan Smietanowski
2004-04-30 20:47     ` A compromise that could have been reached. " Timothy Miller
2004-04-30 21:07       ` Marc Boucher
2004-04-30 21:16         ` Rik van Riel
2004-04-30 21:38         ` Timothy Miller
2004-04-30 22:05           ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-01  2:36           ` Tim Connors
2004-05-01  0:40     ` Jorge Bernal
2004-05-01  5:07     ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-05-01 19:12       ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 19:27         ` Davide Libenzi
2004-05-01 19:32         ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-05-01 19:33         ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-01 22:14           ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-05-01 19:47         ` Nicolas Pitre
2004-05-01 20:53           ` [PATCH] clarify message and give support contact for non-GPL modules Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 21:34             ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-01 21:48               ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 21:53                 ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-01 22:22                 ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-01 22:53                   ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-01 23:10                     ` viro
2004-05-02  7:04                       ` Xavier Bestel
2004-05-04 17:06                       ` Timothy Miller
2004-05-01 22:48                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-05-01 23:28                   ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-02  0:22                     ` Linus Torvalds
2004-05-02  1:02                       ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-02 12:43                         ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-02 13:05                           ` Paul Rolland
2004-05-02 15:35                             ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-02 15:45                               ` Sean Estabrooks
2004-05-04 17:09                     ` Timothy Miller
2004-05-01 20:47         ` [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Martin J. Bligh
2004-05-01 20:58           ` Marc Boucher
2004-05-03  0:04         ` Horst von Brand
     [not found] ` <40929F5B.9090603@techsource.com>
2004-04-30 18:58   ` Hua Zhong
2004-04-30 20:14   ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20040430224713.GX29503@lug-owl.de \
    --to=jbglaw@lug-owl.de \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox