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From: "jdow" <jdow@earthlink.net>
To: "Mike Fedyk" <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
References: <1062637356.846.3471.camel@cube> <200309042114.45234.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> <20030904202707.GF13676@matchmail.com>
Subject: Re: Driver Model 2 Proposal - Linux Kernel Performance v Usability
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:01:30 -0700
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From: "Mike Fedyk" <mfedyk@matchmail.com>

> Have you ever seen the source code available for a windows driver?
Windows
> doesn't let you customize the kernel.  You just get what they give you.
> With the customization possible in Linux you get many advantages, and the
> disadvantage that the binary interface can change depending on the compile
> options.

As a matter of fact, yes. Their (expensive) developer kits have SOME
examples. Of course, much of the information you need for any sort of
driver that is just a weensie bit strange is completely missing. It
makes a specialized USB serial port to MIDI driver very difficult to
build and even worse to deploy neatly without a lot of user interaction.

{^_^}

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