El 30/12/10 08:49, Nicolás Reynolds dijo:
> El 29/12/10 09:35, Nicolás Reynolds dijo:
> > El 29/12/10 07:29, Alexandre Oliva dijo:
> > > The kernel logs the request, including the identifier, and, when it
> > > fails, the module that issued the request often logs an error message,
> > > that usually includes the firmware name.
> > >
> > > Also, the kernel sends the firmware name/identifier to the userland
> > > hotplug program, and that program can do pretty much whatever it likes
> > > with the name, including looking up the name in package repositories,
> > > suggesting users to install the package that provides the firmware, or
> > > even install it behind their backs.
> > >
> > >
> > > In Linux-libre, we mangle the firmware name both in the request and the
> > > error message, so there's no chance that any of this may happen.
> > > However, this also disables any possibility of using non-Free firmware
> > > that the user has installed and would like to use.
> >
> > Stupid question: Can't you modify this userland program the kernel calls to
> > handle firmware requests?
>
> Propposal on this: preffix all unfree firmware as being unfree ("unfree_",
> probably) instead of hashing their name identifiers. This way the firmware
> loader can simply log a warning stating clearly that the firmware harms your
> freedoms.Sorry, forgot to reply all. -- Salud! Nicolás Reynolds, xmpp:[email protected] omb:http://identi.ca/fauno blog:http://selfdandi.com.ar/ gnu/linux user #455044 http://parabolagnulinux.org http://endefensadelsl.org
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