Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:58:43 -0500 (EST) | From | Nathan Uno <> | Subject | Re: GGI, EGCS/PGCC, Kernel source |
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On 25 Feb, Jes Degn Soerensen wrote: > X different drivers means X times acceleration functions in the > kernel or am I missing something here? (no it doesn't matter that one > should only compile what one uses, its still in the kernel tree).
I'm not sure I see a way around having sources in the kernel tree. Either you support a piece of graphics hardware, or you don't. If linux wants to support graphics hardware, the drivers have to be in the kernel tree. Is that a bad thing?
If it is, then adding hardware support to the kernel is ALWAYS a bad thing. I know of very few pieces of hardware that EVERYONE wants to use. Your logic seems to be that drivers that not everyone needs are source bloat.
> Jes
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