Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261188AbVCKQjP (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:39:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261194AbVCKQjP (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:39:15 -0500 Received: from 213-239-205-147.clients.your-server.de ([213.239.205.147]:10669 "EHLO mail.tglx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261188AbVCKQjM (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:39:12 -0500 Subject: Re: binary drivers and development From: Benedikt Spranger To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050311103912.GB16590@home.fluff.org> References: <423075B7.5080004@comcast.net> <423082BF.6060007@comcast.net> <20050311103912.GB16590@home.fluff.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:39:05 +0100 Message-Id: <1110559146.5828.116.camel@atlas.tec.linutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 672 Lines: 21 Ben Dooks wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 05:45:22PM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote: > > No, it wouldn't. I can use a source code driver on x86, > > x86-64 and PPC64 systems, but a binary driver is only > > usable on the architecture it was compiled for. > > Add to that the flavours of ARM and the number of > bootloaders that are out there. you need visions: let us define the 1k buswith MMIX aware VM driver model... Bene - 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/