To: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Cc: Benjamin Bach <benjamin@overtag.dk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Idea: Automatic binary driver compiling system
References: <441AF93C.6040407@overtag.dk> <1142620509.25258.53.camel@mindpipe>
From: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:02:26 +0000
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On 17 Mar 2006, Lee Revell murmured woefully:
> On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 19:00 +0100, Benjamin Bach wrote:
>> First off: I'm new on this list. I'm also new at starting projects. 
>> Anyways, I've decided on this idea for my first year computer science 
>> project. I have three months to set it off and definitely the whole 
>> thing would be released into the world afterwards.
>> 
>> Second: I don't want opinions on the issue of making it easier for 
>> companies to create binary (pre-compiled) drivers. Yes, we all want more 
>> open source drivers. Of course.
> 
> Then let's end the thread here because this is the crux of ther issue -
> no one WANTS it to be easier for vendors to ship binary drivers.

Well, this could be useful for distributors, too, except that distributors
already have mechanisms for autobuilding kernels and modules.

-- 
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 unplanned downtime, you should add in padding for random management
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