Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261478AbVC0I5X (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:57:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261480AbVC0I5X (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:57:23 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:36043 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261478AbVC0I5U (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:57:20 -0500 Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:57:13 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Kyle Moffett cc: Aaron Gyes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. In-Reply-To: <490243b66dc7c3f592df7a7d0769dcb7@mac.com> Message-ID: References: <1111886147.1495.3.camel@localhost> <490243b66dc7c3f592df7a7d0769dcb7@mac.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: 849 Lines: 21 > BTW, to all you "But my drivers must be proprietary!" nerds out there, > take a look at 3ware, Adaptec, etc. They have _great_ hardware and yet > they release all of their drivers under the GPL. They get free updates > to new kernel APIs too! Well, it boils down to the full sourcecode. NVidia does only half. Other good examples besides 3ware are: VMware kernel modules and SUNWut/SRSS3 Linux Kernel modules. Looks like there's only the GPU industry left that thinks somebody could "mis"use the kmod to make them (:one company) inferior on the market. Jan Engelhardt -- No TOFU for me, please. - 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/