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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Ryan C. Gordon" <icculus@icculus.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] binfmt_elf: FatELF support for kernel modules.
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:32:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091030103214.463042fb@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0910292224560.4219@andre.icculuslan>

> Allows kernel modules to be FatELF binaries.
> 
> Details, rationale, tools, and patches for handling FatELF binaries can be
> found at http://icculus.org/fatelf/

And you still ignore the fundamental point that the kernel module search
path typically includes the architecture anyway so you can simply install
two module files. That makes this feature pointless.

NAK

  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-30 10:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-19 14:41 Ryan C. Gordon
2009-10-20  0:12 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-10-20  4:54   ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-10-23 22:24     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-10-24  0:31       ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-10-24 11:14       ` Alan Cox
2009-10-26 19:14         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-10-26 19:59           ` Alan Cox
2009-10-30  2:25           ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-10-30 10:32             ` Alan Cox [this message]
2009-10-30 14:19               ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-10-20  8:33 ` Américo Wang
2009-10-21  8:06   ` Ryan C. Gordon

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