Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750702AbWCRQv4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:51:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750703AbWCRQv4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:51:56 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:2575 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750702AbWCRQvz (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:51:55 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:51:51 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Benjamin Bach Cc: Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Idea: Automatic binary driver compiling system Message-ID: <20060318165150.GA14608@stusta.de> References: <441AF93C.6040407@overtag.dk> <1142620509.25258.53.camel@mindpipe> <441C213A.3000404@overtag.dk> <1142694655.2889.22.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <441C2CF6.1050607@overtag.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <441C2CF6.1050607@overtag.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1489 Lines: 40 On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 04:53:26PM +0100, Benjamin Bach wrote: >... > We're doing subjective math here. It doesn't change the fact that Linux > would be better off with improved hardware support, right? This is only true for the short-term future. Whether Linux is better off with improved hardware support through binary modules for the long-term future is a more difficult question. Arjan recently posted an extreme example of the dangers of hardware support through binary modules [1]. You might agree or disagree with such opinions. But it has already been discussed to death on this list, and unless you are a troll you should read the past flamewars^Wdiscussions regarding this topic in the mailing list archives instead of restarting the same old discussion. If you can accept the fact that less people consider your project useful than you might have hoped, there is no reason for you to not implement your project. > / Benjamin cu Adrian [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/162686/ -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/