Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-onlysymbols

From: Pavel Roskin
Date: Fri Feb 29 2008 - 15:45:01 EST



On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 15:17 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 02:39:38PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> > I doubt ndiswrapper will ever be ported to the
> > userspace. It's much more likely that some other approach will be used.
>
> Maybe it should be -- that might solve a lot of problems.

I doubt it can be done for PCI due to DMA use by some of the drivers.

Perhaps it could be done for USB, but I doubt anyone will bother.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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