Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932067AbVLHKvi (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 05:51:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932068AbVLHKvi (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 05:51:38 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:6367 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932067AbVLHKvh (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 05:51:37 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 10:51:28 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Felix Oxley Cc: Nicolas Mailhot , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven , Arjan van de Ven , Jesse Barnes , Pekka Enberg , Jon Masters , Grahame White , Benjamin LaHaise , "Randy.Dunlap" , Lars Marowsky-Bree , "linux-os ((Dick Johnson))" , Rik van Riel , Dirk Steuwer , Andrea Arcangeli , Lee Revell Subject: Re: Linux Hardware Quality Labs (was: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario) Message-ID: <20051208105128.GK27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <6DAD0850-4943-416E-9E7B-095C6B412DD0@oxley.org> <4397E427.2070702@laposte.net> <6A700AF6-1E1B-49A7-A565-336700882097@oxley.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6A700AF6-1E1B-49A7-A565-336700882097@oxley.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 756 Lines: 15 On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 10:26:53AM +0000, Felix Oxley wrote: > I presume that drivers will be developed alongside the hardware > because you can't sell the kit until the drivers are on the CD in the > nice box with the instruction manual. > Also you can't test the hardware properly unless you have drivers for > it. No. Any external reviewer will be immediately put in a nasty position of standing in the way of vendor's schedule. That's _the_ recipe for mess. And that's besides the joy of NDA, etc. - 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/