Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:07:22 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> To: Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> Cc: misc@openbsd.org, Harpalus a Como <harpalus.como@gmail.com>, Pedro Martelletto <pedro@ambientworks.net>, "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@gmail.com>, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org>, 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: <20060831220609.B82634@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <8a0028260608311655o7d34977cg2ad4465c4618781a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060830232723.GU10101@multics.mit.edu> <98f5a8830608301731s2b0663e3g94b0bd32f8a06a78@mail.gmail.com> <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 Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Jeff Rollin 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. Nope, definitely not binary-only ... I meant source code drivers provided by a vendor, and supported by them ... apologies if I gave the impression that "binary-only drivers" where acceptable :(
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