Re: [somewhat OT] binary modules agaaaain

From: Horst von Brand (vonbrand_at_inf.utfsm.cl)
Date: 04/21/04

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    To: Guennadi Liakhovetski <gl@dsa-ac.de>
Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:24:10 -0400

    Guennadi Liakhovetski <gl@dsa-ac.de> said:
    > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
    > > > A binary module is "considered good" if

    > > This is a false assumption IMO no binary only modules can be "good".

    > I agree! That was just an idea to make Linux life easier __if__ it
    > __must__ live with binary modules.

    Then call it "tolerable", not "good". ("Barely tolerable" comes to mind,
    but might be a bit harsh...).

    In any case, one of the biggest advantages of Linux is that in-kernel
    interfaces aren't set in stone. They are extremely efficient because they
    are expressed in terms of access to data structures and inline functions
    and macros. The kernel is extremely flexible because it can be configured
    in hundreds of different ways. All of this is lost through a fixed
    binary-only interface to the binary blob inside the module. 

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