From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAA72C43381 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2019 01:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8732020675 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2019 01:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=joelfernandes.org header.i=@joelfernandes.org header.b="EXIOMxrL" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726691AbfCGBsF (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Mar 2019 20:48:05 -0500 Received: from mail-qt1-f196.google.com ([209.85.160.196]:33121 "EHLO mail-qt1-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726573AbfCGBsF (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Mar 2019 20:48:05 -0500 Received: by mail-qt1-f196.google.com with SMTP id z39so15362315qtz.0 for ; Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:48:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=joelfernandes.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=B/Apnqz7DLqTUitNTAxiKQCKqDbPIHIPtddeTjcAk2Y=; b=EXIOMxrLnBTcRm6axwswa4vB8+zW7ASLRuK4Xh5wO9FJNbbgE47TC79HQ9EEETuRJI cF72aC/1MIeLatIinOFG2PfQkC3Ee/nJeAzRLB3HxEl/I5L4pYF9KMPnFSoNC2NYhqEc OSdij1FdP6zShXD1EdLboNVObVtBp2JtU1Nvg= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=B/Apnqz7DLqTUitNTAxiKQCKqDbPIHIPtddeTjcAk2Y=; b=FjlWDduhygtMwD6pCvwJU+9stT28wCW3RFY+BoOvadAr5hOFNAMnCUq1UjIlbFqYNz C0M7OyJwvTTQE1mCqhC+2bzjflKUOiNmqbWLeF2tRTuJfevn5mI8D2XV0jNn9xupjf+3 lXBBtTeRgRt2SSeyNCR74ZSsvEiZJe0bRhdcU+8GGxm80eEeuVJtla4e5TB52KWv3+wu UvHVBGbywcKOiXwwjxqZOF33tSIgRNZJwQh97THFpkz+mYOQEkpHhhj8+/z9I8Txf7HZ qyWGcHvBxxxs3P7SK6uL+JZdcIeH11aluJ9ER4loTpb4aG5oFF70r3nbU5udxqoMyZTl cHqA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVcMz+uHIUlb4BUBYFH2/cNrtIo6IcfA+wQwwJx/YRRpjiKqODc SbJyeSfjYuH/HCmC4wu3bqnjlA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzvU2u/YgDyb+PbNK+eWVkI1Z6Q2JvwleK5BmuubLvxO06sQF5GnXJB2pujITLvliUCzGqFMw== X-Received: by 2002:a0c:d90b:: with SMTP id p11mr8697755qvj.140.1551923283886; Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:48:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([2620:0:1004:1100:cca9:fccc:8667:9bdc]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h58sm2008673qtb.89.2019.03.06.17.48.02 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:48:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 20:48:02 -0500 From: Joel Fernandes To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" Cc: Pavel Machek , hpa@zytor.com, Daniel Colascione , Greg KH , linux-kernel , Andrew Morton , ast@kernel.org, atishp04@gmail.com, Borislav Petkov , Ingo Molnar , Jan Kara , Jonathan Corbet , karim.yaghmour@opersys.com, Kees Cook , kernel-team@android.com, "open list:DOCUMENTATION" , Manoj Rao , Masahiro Yamada , Paul McKenney , "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" , Randy Dunlap , rostedt@goodmis.org, Thomas Gleixner , "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" , yhs@fb.com Subject: Re: [RFC] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel Message-ID: <20190307014802.GA193359@google.com> References: <20190118225543.86996-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> <20190119082532.GA9004@kroah.com> <20190119162754.GC231277@google.com> <20190119232503.GA149403@google.com> <78AACAF1-8EBF-4DF3-BE94-5B14E78BA791@zytor.com> <20190120155838.GA23827@google.com> <20190306230944.GB7915@amd> <742b4797-9954-fb54-cce8-47fcad750c69@metux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <742b4797-9954-fb54-cce8-47fcad750c69@metux.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 01:42:45AM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > On 07.03.19 00:09, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > So your licensing requirements prevent you from having headers in the > > filesystem, but allow module with the headers hidden inside on the > > filesystem? > > Maybe it's just because I've missed most of the thread, but which > license requirements exactly could that be ? > > The kernel still is GPL, isn't it ? So, any device vendor needs to hand > out the exact kernel source he hat built the image from, anyways. > (by the way: we should start a flash mob action of demanding sources > from the pocket-computers-with-3g vendors, but that's another story ;-)) > > So, what kind of license issue could it be, which prevents putting the > files (that you'd have to hand out anyways) directly into filesystem, > while allowing them in a .ko in the same filesystem ? > > I'm confused. Take a look at this thread: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/28/634 thanks, - Joel