> [ On Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:55:31 (-0700), Matthew Jacob wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: Where to put firmware?
> >
> > 
> > Why not do what FreeBSD does and have the f/w be a kld that you can
> > unload once you're done with it? It seems to me that this is a bit
> > cleaner than an alternate mechanism.
> 
> and then what about kernels that lkms and klds and all similar things
> are never allowed to come near to?
> 

static compilation. I fail to see why lkms are less secure than loading
from the filesystem other than the supposed 'better' authentication done
in userland.