Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:23:54 +0100
From: Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
To: Anshuman Gholap <anshu.pg@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Knutar <jk-lkml@sci.fi>
Subject: Re: [future of drivers?] a proposal for binary drivers.
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Hello!

> if there was binary allowed (with any license) maybe dlink themself
> would build a driver, make documentation and provide it on CD,

Maybe. But what prevents them to releasing the driver if binaries
are not allowed?

> I have thousands of similar scenarios. Even I wont mind the luxury of
> making hardware just working and not going to google>>download src>>if
> bug/error found>>go to forums post thread>>hang on irc and bug
> ppl>>get more things compiled done >>if work then enjoy>> or wait for
> the philanthropic coder to solve bug and release new ver.

"Binary drivers will make all devices just work" is a dream. Maybe a nice
one, but just a dream. It seldom works this way in Windows (almost every
time you run into some minor, but annoying bug noone is willing to fix),
why should it work with Linux?

				Have a nice fortnight
-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected.  (6/72)
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