Re: Inserting code from userspace to kernel space

[Jiri Kosina]

On Sun, 25 May 2008, David Newall 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".) 

This is different, because the firmware that is loaded by 
request_firmware() is not meant to be interpreted/executed by the kernel, 
drivers usually just pass it over to the device.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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