Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266160AbUFUI17 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:27:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266157AbUFUI16 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:27:58 -0400 Received: from [195.255.196.126] ([195.255.196.126]:32230 "EHLO gw.compusonic.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266167AbUFUI1o (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:27:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:27:42 +0300 (EEST) From: Hannu Savolainen X-X-Sender: hannu@zeus.compusonic.fi To: Xavier Bestel Cc: 4Front Technologies , David Lang , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Stop the Linux kernel madness In-Reply-To: <1087802737.31390.3.camel@speedy.priv.grenoble.com> Message-ID: 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> <1087802737.31390.3.camel@speedy.priv.grenoble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1433 Lines: 32 On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Xavier Bestel wrote: > 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. Having more drivers in the kernel is not bad. However having every possible driver there is stupid. A friend of mine created (years ago) an innovative oxygene analyzer for forest industry. They sold that to all possible factories in Finland and then got out of business because there were no more customers. What do all the millions of Linux users benefit if the driver for such device is included in the kernel? If Linux is really going to be the #1 operating system in the future then Linux drivers for this kind of devices will be quite common. In fact a large number of Linux kernel experts will work on this kind of projects. Isn't there any idea in making their life easier by dropping the silly idea that everything can be included in the kernel tree. Best regards, Hannu ----- Hannu Savolainen (hannu@opensound.com) http://www.opensound.com (Open Sound System (OSS)) http://www.compusonic.fi (Finnish OSS pages) OH2GLH QTH: Karkkila, Finland LOC: KP20CM - 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/