Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] binfmt_elf: FatELF support for kernelmodules.

[Ryan C. Gordon]

> > Allows kernel modules to be FatELF binaries.
> 
> This seems much more dubious.  It would only encourage more binary
> modules, which we're not very keen on doing.

I can understand that concern, but I worry about refusing to take steps 
that would aid free software developers in case it might help the 
closed-source people, too.

Those that will behave badly will do so regardless of file formats, but 
distros shipping nothing but GPL'd software and in-tree drivers would 
benefit from this more than another misguided company that probably 
doesn't care about multiple CPU architectures anyhow.

--ryan.


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