Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964972AbVLFM3f (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 07:29:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751463AbVLFM3f (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 07:29:35 -0500 Received: from extgw-uk.mips.com ([62.254.210.129]:24336 "EHLO bacchus.net.dhis.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750747AbVLFM3e (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 07:29:34 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:29:27 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: Luke-Jr Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Message-ID: <20051206122927.GC2698@linux-mips.org> References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <84144f020512050507h3f41bfecuc9f3e13fd23fde98@mail.gmail.com> <200512051844.56838.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <200512061051.39844.luke-jr@utopios.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200512061051.39844.luke-jr@utopios.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 787 Lines: 18 On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:51:39AM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote: > On Monday 05 December 2005 18:44, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > When this happens, vendors will just have to solve all the IP nonsense > > associated with their hardware, or design hardware to be more dependent on > > firmware so that largely open source drivers are more feasible for them. > > That just moves the problem. Now, there is yet even more concern that they > should release source for the firmware. ACPI is a demonstration why firmware is not the answer. Ralf - 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/