Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM | From | "Jack O'Quin" <> | Date | Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:55:15 -0600 |
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Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> writes:
> Which still doesn't mean it's the right design. And no, I don't > need the feature so I won't write it. If you want a certain feature > it's up to you to implement it in a way that's considered mergeable.
Which is what I have done. I worked on it because no "real" kernel developer seemed willing to solve it. Having worked on other kernels in an "earlier lifetime", I have *no* desire to do that any more. I would much rather write audio software.
But, the lack of this feature has been a continual impediment for years now. It affects not just me, but most other serious Linux audio developers and many of our users. We need a simple way for users to configure a Digital Audio Workstation without having to run large, complex, insecure audio applications as `root'. Our competition runs on Windows and Mac systems where no such configuration is needed.
Statements of the form "had I cared enough to do something about this problem, I would have implemented it differently" are not much help. This patch is small and clean. It meshes with existing kernel LSM mechanisms. It solves a real problem affecting many Linux desktop users.
I respectfully request that it be accepted for inclusion in 2.6.11. -- joq - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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