Re: Please open sysfs symbols to proprietary modules

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:03:32 EST


On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:13:15PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> I won't open all details, but suppose I want the bridge to handle certain
> frames in a special way, just like BPDU frames are handled if STP is
> enabled. There is a hook for that already - see br_handle_frame_hook.
> The proprietary module would just have to change it.

Why use Linux if you want to make a proprietary module? Why not use
another operating system that is more suited toward such usage. The
Linux kernel certainly is not such a system.

greg k-h
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