Re: [RFC] dynamic syscalls revisited

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 13:23:23 EST



> I didn't know we were on a crusade to end all binary modules at all costs.
> Why not just make _all_ symbols in the kernel EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL then? I
> really believe this is taking things to new levels of silliness, we should
> also possibly consider adding code in glibc to stop proprietary
> libraries/applications from running. What do you think?


unlike the glibc license (LGPL) the kernel license (GPL) does not allow
for binary only modules to be linked against it.
So your question is a bit weird...

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