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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710222230250.15763@asgard.lang.hm>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: david@...g.hm
To: Crispin Cowan <crispin@...spincowan.com>
cc: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
Thomas Fricaccia <thomas_fricacci@...oo.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
LSM ML <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: LSM conversion to static interface
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Crispin Cowan wrote:
>
> Suffice it to say that there are a variety of reasons why someone either
> cannot re-compile a kernel, or just does not want to recompile a kernel.
> This change to LSM removes their choice to use modules others than those
> provided by their distro vendor.
>
one reason to not be willing to rebuild the kernel is that they may rely
on a module from a different third party that is shipped/tested for the
specific pre-compiled kernels from the distro.
David Lang
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