> Aren't there other examples where firmware is supplied in a struct
> which is initialized to the needed binary values? Seems like Linux
> doesn't need every bit of source (probably for some completely other
> processor or ASIC, maybe written in FORTH) included as part of the
> kernel.
Quite a few. You can make the driver upload be done via a userspace app so its
pretty clearly seperate from the kernel.
As to the security risk - yes if you run a military installation or something
that is similarly paranoid. However its no different to the firmware burned into
ROM or the BIOS having NSAkey like hooks.
Alan
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