Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Free Linux Driver Development! | From | Roland Dreier <> | Date | Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:02:56 -0800 |
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> The vast majority of these were submitted ages ago. Standards for > acceptance and maintenance have risen since the days of ISA drivers > and floppy tape drives.
What are our standards for maintenance? How can we tell in advance if something is going to be maintained (cf. drivers/net/chelsio)?
I don't think you can seriously argue that just posting documentation is going to guarantee that a device is going to get a high-quality driver that runs on all architectures and that enterprise distros will support. And I don't think it's a good strategy to try convince vendors to open docs by using happy talk about an idealized fantasy world.
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