Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932345AbWBFUAW (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:00:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932346AbWBFUAW (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:00:22 -0500 Received: from mx.laposte.net ([81.255.54.11]:45026 "EHLO mx.laposte.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932345AbWBFUAU (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:00:20 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux drivers management From: Nicolas Mailhot To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" Cc: Joshua Kugler , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Chow In-Reply-To: References: <1139250712.20009.20.camel@rousalka.dyndns.org> <200602061002.27477.joshua.kugler@uaf.edu> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-/nh/nkL/eOPxYGbBtkUu" Organization: Adresse perso Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:58:58 +0100 Message-Id: <1139255939.20009.46.camel@rousalka.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.90 (2.5.90-1) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1514 Lines: 44 --=-/nh/nkL/eOPxYGbBtkUu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le lundi 06 f=C3=A9vrier 2006 =C3=A0 14:21 -0500, linux-os (Dick Johnson) a =C3=A9crit : > Right now, there are really too many drivers in the kernel. > The kernel should have a stable API for drivers and they > should be in a separate tree, either on the Web or on a > distribution disc. There are many drivers that are as old > as Linux! The 3c501.c and 3c503.c are examples. You can't > remove them from the kernel without invoking a thousand > angry responses. These boards and the ne*.c network boards > just won't go away! This is another proof in-kernel maintenance is cheaper. If out-of-tree drivers where lower maintenance like it's claimed, they'd have a lower attrition rate than in-kernel stuff. --=20 Nicolas Mailhot --=-/nh/nkL/eOPxYGbBtkUu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Ceci est une partie de message =?ISO-8859-1?Q?num=E9riquement?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_sign=E9e?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkPnqoAACgkQI2bVKDsp8g2cFwCglI2aan7oXBdMnyhPQjB1GkOA pqQAn39wovDMzMzpLrmjVtUPgwjsFGyU =u1+1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-/nh/nkL/eOPxYGbBtkUu-- - 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/