Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 02:16:35 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> Cc: misc@openbsd.org, Harpalus a Como <harpalus.como@gmail.com>, Pedro Martelletto <pedro@ambientworks.net>, "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@gmail.com>, Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>, netbsd-users@netbsd.org, miros-discuss@mirbsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of NetBSD Message-ID: <8a0028260608311816w3e52d0afg90a7a16a3da04fa8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8a0028260608311655o7d34977cg2ad4465c4618781a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060830232723.GU10101@multics.mit.edu> <c6d37fe0608310259k12fe629eve59e59042fcfdb4c@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.BSM.4.64L.0608311312190.8977@odem.66h.42h.de> <950621ad0608310654h78ae0023g346abd108815ae72@mail.gmail.com> <20060831110112.J82634@hub.org> <f34ca13c0608310843p4e28b57eoec2f60737c034ddb@mail.gmail.com> <20060831184715.B82634@hub.org> <20060831223543.GC15085@jp.animata.net> <20060831195609.P82634@hub.org> <8a0028260608311655o7d34977cg2ad4465c4618781a@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/09/06, Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 01/09/06, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > so, should I then switch to Linux because they do welcome > > 'vendor written drivers'? > > > If by 'vendor-written drivers' you mean binary-only drivers, then no, the > linux kernel developers emphatically do not accept them. They would much > prefer that all vendors release open source drivers, since (amongst other > things) if they do, that means they (the LKD's) will be responsible for > making sure that when the device driver ABI changes, all open-source drivers > are rewritten and recompiled to work with that version of the kernel. > Of course, that should be "API" Jeff.
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