Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261321AbTINUjc (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:39:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261328AbTINUjc (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:39:32 -0400 Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com ([62.253.162.42]:34511 "EHLO mta02-svc.ntlworld.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261321AbTINUjb (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:39:31 -0400 From: James Clark Reply-To: jimwclark@ntlworld.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Discourage Uniform Driver Model? Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:38:32 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200309140027.08610.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200309140027.08610.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309142138.32222.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 547 Lines: 14 1. If it was possible to create a driver model that allowed module compatibility across different releases/revisions without recompilation and with minimal performance hit would this be desirable? 2. If such a model was possible should development be avoided to discourage binary only modules? James - 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/