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    SubjectRe: GGI, EGCS/PGCC, Kernel source
    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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    Nathan 'Nato' Uno
    nathan.uno@coat.com


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