Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:56:07 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] UIO patches for 2.6.21 |
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Greg KH wrote: > Here are the updated UIO (Userspace I/O driver framework) patches for > 2.6.21. > > They have been revamped from the last time you have seen them, and they > include a real driver, the Hilscher CIF DeviceNet and Profibus card > controller, which is being used in production systems with this driver > framework right now. The kernel driver they replaced was a total mess, > with over 60+ ioctls to try to control the different aspects of the > device. See the last patch in this series for more details on this > driver. > I have a political question, if I have a user space driver, is my kernel tainted or not? Does this open another multi-month flame war around GPL, BSD, NDA, source available but not GPL, and all the other things we talked to death about inserting non-GPL modules?
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