[Replicant] [PATCH 4/9] freedom-privacy-security-issues: Add an example of where the hardware knowledge is.

[Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli]

On Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:12:39 +0100
Paul Kocialkowski <contact at paulk.fr> wrote:

> > with the modem, and the Linux kernel will be responsible of
> > permitting  
> 
> "permitting" doesn't quite describe what it does. How about:
> 
> "That hardware abstraction layer will implement the protocol to
> communicate with the modem. The kernel will handle the transactions
> between the hardware abstraction layer and the modem, driving the
> required bus controllers."
While this is technically correct, this sounds way to technical for many
users.
I've addressed your concern in the v2.

> I'd avoid mentioning Linux since this description is general
> ("kernel" is sufficient).
Again, this is to make it more accessible.

Denis.
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