Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265594AbTIDVlV (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:41:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265596AbTIDVlV (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:41:21 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:51161 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265594AbTIDVlR (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:41:17 -0400 Subject: Re: Driver Model 2 Proposal - Linux Kernel Performance v Usability From: Alan Cox To: jimwclark@ntlworld.com Cc: Rik van Riel , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200309042212.25052.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> References: <200309042212.25052.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1062711609.22634.67.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-4) Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 22:40:10 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 861 Lines: 16 On Iau, 2003-09-04 at 22:12, James Clark wrote: > If a relatively small kernel component can be turned on/off and upgraded at > will, without changing ANYTHING else, this would be a big step forward. It already can, the install tool just happens to involve invoking gcc and wrapping it nicely. People have already solved that. I'm actually less worried in some ways about the binary only module wrapper question because source wrappers around a binary module to handle glueing them together puts the shipper in conflict with a patent filing owned by a very large hardware company as well as in GPL questionmarks.. - 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/