Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:34:01 +0100 | From | Steffen Ullrich <> | Subject | calm down [ Re: Linux headed for disaster? ] |
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just my one cent... I think we listened to a lot of good arguments contra and pro binary drivers (I think the argument with the compiler versions is a good one pro binary API even for open source drivers). I would suggest that you simply code an API which you consider as useful (because kernel development is open, you can see where it is heading) and maintain the API. Then you can ship your drivers as binary or as source using this API. If the API is useful enough others will probably reuse it. If not it's just part of your driver. Maybe it will once get included in the kernel, maybe not. There are other successful kernel-related projects outside the official kernel (devfs, crypto-patches,...) so I would not care at the moment about this. Or maybe just one distribution includes it in the shipped kernel and others follow.
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