Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750905AbWBFKIR (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 05:08:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750915AbWBFKIQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 05:08:16 -0500 Received: from vanessarodrigues.com ([192.139.46.150]:25740 "EHLO jaguar.mkp.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750905AbWBFKIQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 05:08:16 -0500 To: David Chow Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux drivers management References: <43E71AD7.5070600@shaolinmicro.com> From: Jes Sorensen Date: 06 Feb 2006 05:08:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <43E71AD7.5070600@shaolinmicro.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 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: 1088 Lines: 23 >>>>> "David" == David Chow writes: David> Dear maintainers, Is there any work in Linux undergoing to David> separate Linux drivers and the the main kernel, and manage David> drivers using a package management system that only manages David> kernel drivers and modules? If this can be done, the kernel David> maintenance can be simple, and will end-up with a more stable David> (less frequent changed) kernel API for drivers, also make every David> developers of drivers happy. David> Would like to see that happens . Simple answer: no Maybe someone is working on it, but it's highly unlikely to be anything but a waste of that person's time. This is a classic question, by seperating out the drivers you make it so much harder for all developers to propagate changes into all pieces of the tree. Cheers, Jes - 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/