Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI)

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2000 - 07:40:21 EST


On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote:

> Same as before -- freedom and low cost. The primary advantae of Linux
> over other OSes is the GPL.

Now, that's more than slightly insulting...

The problem with the hooks et.al. is very simple - they promote every
bloody implementation detail to exposed API. Sorry, but... See Figure 1.
It won't fly.

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