Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965579AbXA3SUN (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:20:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965634AbXA3SUN (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:20:13 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:48713 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965579AbXA3SUM (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:20:12 -0500 Message-ID: <45BF8C57.1020500@garzik.org> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:20:07 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roland Dreier CC: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Free Linux Driver Development! References: <20070130012904.GA9617@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 776 Lines: 21 Roland Dreier wrote: > Just look at the in-tree drivers: there are tons of them that don't > work on big-endian platforms, or have 64-bit problems, or have no SMP > support. And that doesn't even count drivers that are so bitrotted > they won't even build any more. The vast majority of these were submitted ages ago. Standards for acceptance and maintenance have risen since the days of ISA drivers and floppy tape drives. I think it's quite disingenuous to imply that a few bad apples are a representative sample. Jeff - 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/