>>> On Tue, May 1, 2007 at 2:45 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Little, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't it be possible to have a public interface and private > non-kernel version/distribution specific code? I'm certainly not a > kernel hacker, so I p'raps I'm talking out my back-end here.
It's technically possible, but politically a bad thing. The kernel developers call them "binary blobs" and there is continuous argument over whether they're legal under the GPL or not. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
