Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 08:20:19 +1000 (EST)
From: Neale Banks <neale@lowendale.com.au>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
cc: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What exactly does "supports Linux" mean?
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On Sun, 18 May 2003, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > > [Long time ago I got double-speed cdrom, and on its driver disk, there
> > > was C source of the driver. Porting it to linux was matter of two
> > > days, IIRC. And it had korean comments ;-)].
> > 
> > Perhaps you'd be willing to help Aunt Tillie do this.  Your
> > definition of "includes driver sources" will appeal to such a
> > small market segment it isn't worth the ink on the box.
> 
> Sure, Aunt Tillie can pay SuSE.cz to have that driver updated to any
> kernel she wants ;-).
> 
> [Really, if the card is common enough, and driver sources are
> available, they are going to be in kernel.org kernel within few weeks.]

Iff:
(1) the sources etc constitute "sufficient" documentation (e.g. poke magic
value into magic register might not help enough :-( ).
(2) the sources are not only "included" but are "freely" modifiable and
redistributable.

Regards,
Neale.

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