Re: Binary only module overview

Dave McCracken (dmc@austin.ibm.com)
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:24:49 -0500


--On Monday, September 24, 2001 19:08:27 +0200 Anders Peter Fugmann
<afu@fugmann.dhs.org> wrote:

>> IIRC, vmware includes one or more kernel modules.
>>
>> Rasmus
>>
> Yes, but the modules are not binary-only.
> The sourcecode is in the package, although it is not GPL.

I believe they only provide source for an interface layer that can be
compiled against a specific version of the kernel. I think the core
drivers are binary only.

Dave McCracken

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