Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756616Ab0GAWva (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:51:30 -0400 Received: from wolverine01.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.254]:12976 "EHLO wolverine01.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753441Ab0GAWv2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:51:28 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="5400,1158,6030"; a="46228047" Subject: Re: Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component From: Daniel Walker To: Dave Airlie Cc: LKML , dri-devel In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:51:18 -0700 Message-ID: <1278024678.7738.54.camel@c-dwalke-linux.qualcomm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1373 Lines: 32 On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 08:36 +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Dave Airlie wrote: > > Now this is just my opinion as maintainer of the drm, and doesn't > > reflect anyone or any official policy, I've also no idea if Linus > > agrees or not. > > > > We are going to start to see a number of companies in the embedded > > space submitting 3D drivers for mobile devices to the kernel. I'd like > > to clarify my position once so they don't all come asking the same > > questions. > > > > If you aren't going to create an open userspace driver (either MIT or > > LGPL) then don't waste time submitting a kernel driver to me. If , for whatever reason, you changed you mind on this what sort of connection between kernel and userspace would these components use? I ask only because I think UIO hold most (if not all) the driver in userspace .. So you would have to use some other interface if you wanted a more half and half solution .. Daniel -- Sent by a consultant of the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum. -- 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/