From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:25:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:25:46 -0400 Received: from mg01.austin.ibm.com ([192.35.232.18]:21429 "EHLO mg01.austin.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:25:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:24:49 -0500 From: Dave McCracken To: Anders Peter Fugmann , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= cc: Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Binary only module overview Message-ID: <81350000.1001352289@baldur> In-Reply-To: <3BAF688B.5090508@fugmann.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <3BAF688B.5090508@fugmann.dhs.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.1.0 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --On Monday, September 24, 2001 19:08:27 +0200 Anders Peter Fugmann wrote: >> IIRC, vmware includes one or more kernel modules. >> >> Rasmus >> > Yes, but the modules are not binary-only. > The sourcecode is in the package, although it is not GPL. I believe they only provide source for an interface layer that can be compiled against a specific version of the kernel. I think the core drivers are binary only. Dave McCracken ====================================================================== Dave McCracken IBM Linux Base Kernel Team 1-512-838-3059 dmc@austin.ibm.com T/L 678-3059