Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266150AbUFUH11 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:27:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266148AbUFUH10 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:27:26 -0400 Received: from AGrenoble-152-1-39-8.w82-122.abo.wanadoo.fr ([82.122.133.8]:54696 "EHLO awak.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266155AbUFUH1D (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:27:03 -0400 Subject: Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness From: Xavier Bestel To: Hannu Savolainen Cc: 4Front Technologies , David Lang , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <40D232AD.4020708@opensound.com> <3217460000.1087518092@flay> <40D23701.1030302@opensound.com> <1087573691.19400.116.camel@winden.suse.de> <40D32C1D.80309@opensound.com> <20040618190257.GN14915@schnapps.adilger.int> <40D34CB2.10900@opensound.com> <200406181940.i5IJeBDh032311@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <40D636EA.7090704@opensound.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:25:37 +0200 Message-Id: <1087802737.31390.3.camel@speedy.priv.grenoble.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 878 Lines: 20 On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 10:07 +0300, Hannu Savolainen wrote: > What would the modules directory look like if the next generation devices > get included there too? Or if all the drivers for currently > unsupported defence, telecom, aviation, instrumentation and other special > purpose devices get included in the kernel source tree? Having more maintained drivers in the kernel can't be a bad thing. For a standard desktop or server, having all these drivers installed under /lib/modules is also beneficial. Makers of embedded distributions will continue to heavily customize their kernel and applications, as they always did. Xav - 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/