Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262046AbTIDU3s (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:29:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262081AbTIDU3s (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:29:48 -0400 Received: from nat-pool-bos.redhat.com ([66.187.230.200]:40666 "EHLO chimarrao.boston.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262046AbTIDU32 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:29:28 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:29:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@chimarrao.boston.redhat.com To: James Clark cc: Albert Cahalan , Subject: Re: Driver Model 2 Proposal - Linux Kernel Performance v Usability In-Reply-To: <200309042114.45234.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 810 Lines: 20 On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, James Clark wrote: > I'm very surprised by the number of posts that have ranted about > Open/Close source, GPL/taint issues etc. This is not about source code > it is about making Linux usable by the masses. How would "making it easier to include impossible to debug device drivers" help towards your goal of making Linux more usable ? -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/