Messages in this thread | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: Driver Model 2 Proposal - Linux Kernel Performance v Usability | Date | Thu, 4 Sep 2003 23:41:22 +0200 |
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Heh. You want stable plugin API.
It will always end as bloat:
(a) you add plugin API (b) its not sufficient, so you add revision 1 of the API (you still have to support rev 0 because some plugins are binary-only) (c) its not sufficient, so you add revision 2 of the API (now you have 3 versions of API to maintain) ...
Alternatively you can start with over-designed API from the beginning :-).
--bartlomiej
On Thursday 04 of September 2003 23:12, James Clark wrote: > Why would binary drivers be any harder to debug than the existing binary > kernel. If you want to debug something use the source code. My proposal > doesn't remove the need for quality public source code but it does isolate > the kernel components and allow for 'plugin' use on different kernels both > old and new. > > If a relatively small kernel component can be turned on/off and upgraded at > will, without changing ANYTHING else, this would be a big step forward. > > James > > On Thursday 04 Sep 2003 9:29 pm, you wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, James Clark wrote: > > > I'm very surprised by the number of posts that have ranted about > > > Open/Close source, GPL/taint issues etc. This is not about source code > > > it is about making Linux usable by the masses. > > > > How would "making it easier to include impossible to debug > > device drivers" help towards your goal of making Linux more > > usable ?
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