linux-kernel - Out-of-tree modules [was: Linux Security *Module* Framework]

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Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:51:07 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Thomas Fricaccia <thomas_fricacci@...oo.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Crispin Cowan <crispin@...spincowan.com>,
	Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@...ian.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Out-of-tree modules [was: Linux Security *Module* Framework]

On Oct 25 2007 19:56, Greg KH wrote:

>What kind of code is not accepted into the mainline kernel tree for good
>reasons?  What are these reasons?  What specific code are you talking
>about?
>
>I'm trying to compile a list of all known external modules and drivers
>and work to get them included in the main kernel tree to help prevent
>these kinds of things.  If you know of any that are not on the list at:
>	http://linuxdriverproject.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/OutOfTreeDrivers
>please feel free to add them, or email me with the needed information
>and I will add them to the list.


quad_dsp - http://jengelh.hopto.org/p/quad_dsp/

Provides a /dev/dsp style node for legacy applications that support 
neither ALSA nor the AOSS wrapper nor more-than-2-channel sound.


thkd - ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-jengelh/kernel/linux-2.6.23.1-ccj58/thkd.diff

Workaround for Toshiba MK2003GAH hard-drive head auto-unloading after 
5-15 seconds. (Ref: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/15/100 )
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