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    DateThu, 14 Dec 2006 12:42:41 +0000
    FromAlan <>
    SubjectRe: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]
    On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:31:16 +0100
    Hans-Jürgen Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> wrote:
    > You think it's easier for a manufacturer of industrial IO cards to
    > debug a (large) kernel module?
    
    You think its any easier to debug because the code now runs in ring 3 but
    accessing I/O space.
    
    
    > > uio also doesn't handle hotplug, pci and other "small" matters.
    > 
    > uio is supposed to be a very thin layer. Hotplug and PCI are already
    > handled by other subsystems. 
    
    And if you have a PCI or a hotplug card ? How many industrial I/O cards
    are still ISA btw ?
    
    
    Alan
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