Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262731AbVCJR1L (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:27:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262912AbVCJR1K (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:27:10 -0500 Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.202.55]:21394 "EHLO sccrmhc11.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262731AbVCJRTZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:19:25 -0500 Message-ID: <423081AB.5030506@comcast.net> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:19:39 -0500 From: John Richard Moser User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050111) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: binary drivers and development References: <423075B7.5080004@comcast.net> <20050310164847.GA16430@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20050310164847.GA16430@kroah.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1880 Lines: 54 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:28:39AM -0500, John Richard Moser wrote: > >>I've been looking at the UDI project[1] and thinking about binary >>drivers and the like, and wondering what most peoples' take on these are >>and what impact that UDI support would have on the kernel's development. > > > Please, the UDI stuff has been proven to be broken and wrong. If you > want to work on it, feel free to do so, just don't expect for anyone to > accept the UDI layer into the kernel mainline. > 1. What's broken about it 2. Is it possible to fix it I require information or else I can't assess things. > What's that phrase about people forgetting history are doomed... > > greg k-h > - > 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/ > - -- All content of all messages exchanged herein are left in the Public Domain, unless otherwise explicitly stated. Creative brains are a valuable, limited resource. They shouldn't be wasted on re-inventing the wheel when there are so many fascinating new problems waiting out there. -- Eric Steven Raymond -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCMIGqhDd4aOud5P8RAl+PAJ4ndKTmqyRRc+qaJjPK62HBABb0rgCgjCTR 8kQ9MOOdZiH3FUsNG1Hoe3E= =NIcs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/