Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755325AbWKMSwJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:52:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755327AbWKMSwJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:52:09 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:59091 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755325AbWKMSwH (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:52:07 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC] Pushing device/driver binding decisions to userspace From: Lee Revell To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Ben Collins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1163404727.15249.99.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> References: <1163374762.5178.285.camel@gullible> <1163404727.15249.99.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:51:26 -0500 Message-Id: <1163443887.5313.27.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 806 Lines: 18 On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 08:58 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > Now; there is a second issue. If the choice for one or the other is > consistent, we should consider fixing the kernel drivers to just not > advertise the b0rked one.. (this assumes that both drivers are in the > kernel and both are open source) Unfortunately it becomes political quickly. For example the old OSS i810_audio driver is still in the kernel even though the ALSA driver supports more hardware and provides more functionality because some people consider the ALSA driver bloated. Lee - 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/