Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:55:15 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: PATCH - InfiniBand Access Layer (IBAL) |
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:05:32AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > If we take the vendor persåective here. Then why should they make their > > driver open source, when the middle layer is not part of the > > main stream kernel? > > And why should we take the vendor perspective?
The people developing Inifiband support ask for a review. And to me it looks too easy to say "no open source driver", so do not expect a review. Everything is voluntary of course.
Inclusion in the kernel is for me a different matter.
> We don't add drivers for stuff that doesn't exist, and is not even likely > to be used much. That way, when problems occur (and they _will_ occur), > the burden of the crap will be firmly on the shoulders of the people who > should care.
Yep, agree on that - but does not conflict when what I meant to say.
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