Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:54:01 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | Re: UDI issues |
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on the other hand the question could just as easily be, do you want the driver for the Wil-e-Coyote network card to work for linux as soon as it comes out (as it is a UDI driver) or do you want to wait six months until Donald Becker get time and money to purchase one of these cards and write a driver for it?
David Lang
On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Keith Owens wrote:
> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 14:46:51 +1000 > From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> > To: Slyglif Cain <slyglif@magerealm.com> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: UDI issues > > On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:59:53 -0700, > "Slyglif Cain" <slyglif@magerealm.com> wrote: > >Could someone please explain to me why there would be an issue with > >UDI and Linux? It is my understanding that UDI would be a public spec > >(which anyone could code to). If it is a public spec, Then Linux > >would just have to implement the interface to this spec (as would > >everyone else), and then any drivers coded to it could be loaded into > >the kernel. > > Leaving aside the licence question (everyone's a lawyer), UDI makes it > easier for hardware people to release binary only drivers. > > Do you feel comfortable using a binary only UDI driver for your ACME > Wil-e-Coyote network card? What happens when there is a bug in the > driver? Can you get support in a reasonable time at a reasonable > price? What happens when ACME go out of business? Or would you rather > have Donald Becker's driver for the same card complete with source > code? UDI will make it harder to get specs on hardware, not easier. > UDI will leave us hostage to hardware suppliers. > > The sensible suppliers have already released their specs. For them and > us, UDI is a winner. For suppliers who want to keep their interfaces > secret, they win, we lose. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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