Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261506AbTINVGc (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:06:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261586AbTINVGc (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:06:32 -0400 Received: from h80ad264a.async.vt.edu ([128.173.38.74]:57277 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261506AbTINVG2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:06:28 -0400 Message-Id: <200309142106.h8EL6MSg013258@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: jimwclark@ntlworld.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Discourage Uniform Driver Model? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:38:32 BST." <200309142138.32222.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <200309140027.08610.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> <200309142138.32222.jimwclark@ntlworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1039531865P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 17:06:21 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1025 Lines: 31 --==_Exmh_-1039531865P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:38:32 BST, James Clark said: > 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? -ENOTAGAIN --==_Exmh_-1039531865P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/ZNhNcC3lWbTT17ARAgDFAJ4pdU2upgZgylJ4UdT/tvioqL2YtQCg5QU7 KNUfGHdXVzKrSzSZ1K7lLig= =6Ib4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1039531865P-- - 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/