Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:49:43 +0200 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: Move of input drivers, some word needed from you |
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> You have to build -optional- interfaces. Instead of thinking about a layer > above the drivers think about a layer of support code _below_ the drivers > that can be shared and used when it fits. Now drivers that have odd needs > can skip pieces that dont fit. With a conventional view of layering they > end up fighting a pile of crap above them that does things they dont want > and eventually all the people trying to bend the layer above different ways > break it
I don't get your objection, sorry. In what respect was I saying anything about where the layer of abstraction and interfacing was sited?
I was saying that both Eric and Linus were after more code getting shared behind well-defined interfaces, no matter where the actual cut-through is made, they were just stressing things differently.
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