Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:31:46 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers |
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linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > There are a lot of device drivers that will never make it into the > mainline kernel because they are for one-of-a-kind devices or boards > that companies embed into their products. Nobody would even want a > copy of the software to interface with something that they would > never even have. When Version 2.6 started, it became necessary to > use special tools and procedures to compile a module that was not > inside the mainline kernel. However, it was still quite easy. Recently, > somebody, apparently with an advanced degree in obfuscation, has made > that more difficult. This is abuse, pure and simple. That, in my > opinion, is one of the major reasons why people who use Linux in > embedded systems end up using very old versions.
What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with external module compilation in current kernels. You need about a 5-line makefile that calls the kernel build system, and it works fine.
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