Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932717AbWLNNjE (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:39:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932718AbWLNNjE (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:39:04 -0500 Received: from il.qumranet.com ([62.219.232.206]:57189 "EHLO il.qumranet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932717AbWLNNjC (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:39:02 -0500 Message-ID: <458153F3.4040203@argo.co.il> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:38:59 +0200 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Engelhardt CC: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hans-J=FCrgen_Koch?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Userspace I/O driver core References: <20061214010608.GA13229@kroah.com> <45811D0F.2070705@argo.co.il> <200612141125.14777.hjk@linutronix.de> <45812C17.4090309@argo.co.il> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 878 Lines: 25 Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> It has to be written once, but compiled for every kernel >> version and $arch out there (for out of tree drivers), or it >> has to wait for the next kernel release and distro sync (for >> in-tree drivers). >> > > Still better than written for every _and_ compiled for every. > But wait, make it simpler: just give the source to the user and > don't bother with precompiling. It's such a PITA anyhow. > Users don't compile. They use. That's why they're called users. And please don't suggest wrapper scripts to do the compilation. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function - 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/