Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:40:34 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> To: David Leimbach <leimy2k@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: policy on GPL'd drivers? Message-ID: <20030527184034.GA10522@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <C90CF9CA-9040-11D7-941E-0003937E39E0@mac.com> References: <20030527123626.GA76205@freebie.xs4all.nl> <C90CF9CA-9040-11D7-941E-0003937E39E0@mac.com>
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On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 07:43:15AM -0500, 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. Depending on the functionality the driver provides, and the kernel API's it uses; having it as a port may be impractical. The driver probably needs to change with the kernel and that is hard to handle as a port.
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