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Message-ID: <20091110130050.GA6555@nibiru.local> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:50 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@...ux.de> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: FatELF patches... * Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at> wrote: > > The root of evil are plugins - even worse: binary-only plugins. > > > > Let's just take browsers: is there any damn good reason for not putting > > those things into their own process (9P provides a fine IPC for that), > > besides stupidity and lazyness of certain devs (yes, this explicitly > > includes mozilla guys) ? > Or implement running 32bit plugins from a 64bit browser. And land in an nightmare: you have to create an kind of in-process jail, so all referenced 32bit lib references get properly emulated. Better kickoff the whole idea of plugins at all. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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