Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: [Q]: Linux and real device drivers | Date | 25 Sep 1999 18:40:42 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.E11Udbd-00050a-00@the-village.bc.nu>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: >> - Linus has to process patches for everything in the kernel tree. > >Thats Linus being Linuslike 8) > >> The bigger the kernel tree gets, the harder it is to configure, >> navigate, understand, etc. > >Which is harder > >'Bananavision capture card ?' >type N > >or > >'How do I search the web for a foo1500 scsi controller. Has anyone tested > this driver with 2.2.11. Why doesn't it work with the blah controller I got > driver from www.somewhere.org. The blah author says its your fault you say > its his - now what'
Don't forget the third option:
'If I want to use the Bananavision capture card, I need to upgrade to kernel <foo>... Oh, if I upgrade to kernel foo, I need to completely replace my network utilities, dhcpd, and my module utilities, plus I lose support for driver <K> which I need to run my <so-and-so>'
I've run into the third option; I've got a Netgear GA620 ethernet card, and was easier for me to convert the server to FreeBSD than it was to migrate my system to a kernel level that would support the GA620.
____ david parsons \bi/ Ugh, the FreeBSD admin layer is pretty ugly. \/
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