From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758181AbYEYDre (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2008 23:47:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752601AbYEYDr1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2008 23:47:27 -0400 Received: from eth7959.sa.adsl.internode.on.net ([150.101.82.22]:39761 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752232AbYEYDr0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 May 2008 23:47:26 -0400 Message-ID: <4838E147.5000903@davidnewall.com> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 13:17:19 +0930 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Shuduo Sang CC: devzero@web.de, bosko.radivojevic@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Inserting code from userspace to kernel space References: <289344083@web.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Shuduo Sang 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".)