linux-kernel - Re: [Pv-drivers] RFC: Network Plugin Architecture (NPA) for vmxnet3

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Date:	Wed, 05 May 2010 19:03:54 -0700
From:	Scott Feldman <scofeldm@...co.com>
To:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>
CC:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"pv-drivers@...are.com" <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Pankaj Thakkar <pthakkar@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [Pv-drivers] RFC: Network Plugin Architecture (NPA) for vmxnet3

On 5/5/10 10:29 AM, "Dmitry Torokhov" <dtor@...are.com> wrote:

> It would not be a binary blob but software properly released under GPL.
> The current plan is for the shell to enforce GPL requirement on the
> plugin code, similar to what module loaded does for regular kernel
> modules.

On 5/5/10 3:05 PM, "Shreyas Bhatewara" <sbhatewara@...are.com> wrote:

> The plugin image is not linked against Linux kernel. It is OS agnostic infact
> (Eg. same plugin works for Linux and Windows VMs)

Are there any issues with injecting the GPL-licensed plug-in into the
Windows vmxnet3 NDIS driver?

-scott

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