Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932740AbWCRPLE (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:11:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932760AbWCRPLE (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:11:04 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:20436 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932740AbWCRPLB (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:11:01 -0500 Subject: Re: Idea: Automatic binary driver compiling system From: Arjan van de Ven To: Benjamin Bach Cc: Lee Revell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <441C213A.3000404@overtag.dk> References: <441AF93C.6040407@overtag.dk> <1142620509.25258.53.camel@mindpipe> <441C213A.3000404@overtag.dk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:10:55 +0100 Message-Id: <1142694655.2889.22.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 585 Lines: 17 > As of now Linux won't force vendors into creating open source drivers. it has happened several times already. So your claim is false. > But really, think: If all these benefits why isn't there > anymore open source drivers? there are over a thousand open source drivers, and at most a handful binary ones. Please go do your math. - 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/