Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:29:27 +0000 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario |
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On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:51:39AM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote:
> On Monday 05 December 2005 18:44, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > When this happens, vendors will just have to solve all the IP nonsense > > associated with their hardware, or design hardware to be more dependent on > > firmware so that largely open source drivers are more feasible for them. > > That just moves the problem. Now, there is yet even more concern that they > should release source for the firmware.
ACPI is a demonstration why firmware is not the answer.
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