Messages in this thread | | | From | "Slyglif Cain" <> | Subject | RE: UDI issues | Date | Sat, 19 Sep 1998 10:42:08 -0700 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Owens [mailto:kaos@ocs.com.au] > Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 09:47 P > To: Slyglif Cain > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: UDI issues > > > Do you feel comfortable using a binary only UDI driver for your > ACME Wil-e-Coyote network card? What happens when there is a bug > in the driver? Can you get support in a reasonable time at a > reasonable price? What happens when ACME go out of business? Or > would you rather have Donald Becker's driver for the same card > complete with source code? UDI will make it harder to get specs > on hardware, not easier. UDI will leave us hostage to hardware > suppliers. > > The sensible suppliers have already released their specs. For them > and us, UDI is a winner. For suppliers who want to keep their > interfaces secret, they win, we lose.
I would rather have a UDI DVD decoder driver than NO driver. There are certain peices of hardware that a manufacturer probably CAN'T release the specs for (because of the agreements they signed with third-parties), but they could release a UDI binary driver.
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