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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805261143450.18218@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 11:44:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
cc:	Shuduo Sang <sangshuduo@...il.com>, devzero@....de,
	bosko.radivojevic@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Inserting code from userspace to kernel space

On Sun, 25 May 2008, David Newall wrote:

> > someone does not want to leak propertied algorithm out with GPL. This
> > can be a way to protect.
> Perhaps you want something similar to the firmware files that some 
> devices need loaded?  (By the way, I think the word is "proprietary".) 

This is different, because the firmware that is loaded by 
request_firmware() is not meant to be interpreted/executed by the kernel, 
drivers usually just pass it over to the device.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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