Date: 28 May 2003 13:02:49 +1000 From: Q <q_dolan@yahoo.com.au> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: policy on GPL'd drivers? Message-ID: <1054090968.1429.10.camel@boxster> In-Reply-To: <200305281147.53271.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <C90CF9CA-9040-11D7-941E-0003937E39E0@mac.com> <200305281147.53271.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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I have been burnt by this in the past also. I think that it would be
useful if you could allow kernel modules to be bound to a particular
kernel "version/date/whatever", and have external modules refuse to load
and/or complain if the kernel is upgraded. This should prevent
unnecessary kernel panics when you upgrade. The Linux kernel has been
doing this for years.
Seeya...Q
On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 12:17, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Tue, 27 May 2003 22:13, David Leimbach wrote:
> > > However the idea is that all GPL infected stuff be isolated, allowing a
> > > fully working kernel without GPL stuff in there.
> >
> > Sounds like a "kernel module" is the way to go then. Perhaps it could
> > exist in the ports tree instead of the mainline kernel sources :). I
> > know
> > I'd be happy with that... the problem is hosting the driver since I am
> > sure
> > "patching" it won't be enough to map the linux innards to freebsd's.
>
> There are already a number of kernel modules in the ports tree (eg nvidia
> drivers, ltmdm modem driver, aureal sound driver, etc).
>
> The only downside is that there are no hooks into the build process so you
> have to be VERY careful when you update your kernel, or you get panics :(
>
> (I found this recently, some change broke all of my 3rd party modules and
> caused panics when I tried to load them).
>
> I would really like some way of getting external modules rebuilt at the same
> time as buildkernel and friends, otherwise you have to remember to rebuild
> the affected ports, and it is a pain in the ass.
--
Seeya...Q
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