On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:30:35 -0800
Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:17:36 -0800
> Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Then init_net needs to be not GPL limited. Sorry, we need to allow
> > non GPL network drivers. There is a fine line between keeping the
> > binary seething masses from accessing random kernel functions, and allowing
> > reasonable (but still non GPL) things like ndiswrapper to use network
> > device interface.
> >
> I spoke too soon earlier, ndiswrapper builds and loads against current
> 2.6.24-rc3. Vmware and proprietary VPN software probably do not. Once again I don't
> give a damn, but the enterprise distro vendors certainly care.
Enterprise distro vendors ship kernels from the 2.6.19 era, so I don't
see why they care.
Alan
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