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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze
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Alexandre Oliva |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze |
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Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:05:04 -0200 |
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On Jan 13, 2011, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> We compute the hash of "`uname -r`/foobar/blobname.fw", and ask the
>> userland hotplug script for %x of that hash number.
>> This does not depend on any session ID. It will only change if you
>> install a different version of Linux.
> Yeah, this particular variant doesn't.
> Other variants, using a kernel-supplied varying hash prefix (which could
> be exposed through some file named hashprefix within /sys) could.
> What I don't understand is why you entertain the idea of doing so. It
> would be like our current approach in that it would be impossible to
> put firmware in a file that would load.
No, it wouldn't be impossible. A suitable userland hotplug script would
be perfectly capable of looking for a local file that satisfies the
request.
What this would do is make it harder for the hashes to become stable
alternate identifiers for the blobs.
--
Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi
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Free Software Evangelist Red Hat Brazil Compiler Engineer
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, (continued)
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Richard Stallman, 2011/01/02
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Alexandre Oliva, 2011/01/02
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Richard Stallman, 2011/01/03
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Alexandre Oliva, 2011/01/05
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Richard Stallman, 2011/01/06
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Alexandre Oliva, 2011/01/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Richard Stallman, 2011/01/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze,
Alexandre Oliva <=
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Richard Stallman, 2011/01/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Alexandre Oliva, 2011/01/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Richard Stallman, 2011/01/17
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze, Daniel Clark, 2011/01/09