> Michael Dale Long wrote:
> > The binary only 3dfx.o module is quite popular with Linux users who own a
> > 3Dfx card. I suspect there are some other devices that are supported only
> > by binary only modules which are popular among their respective userbase,
> > regardless of how small that base might be.
> >
> > Allowing these to be dynamically loaded into the kernel non-GPL'ed is a
> > good thing IMHO. While free software is good, demanding GPL'ed drivers
> > from companies who are hesitant to release binary-only drivers is not
> > helpful to the parts Linux community who want support for that device.
>
> The 3dfx.o module has source code... It's basically a module which
> mmap's the card's registers and provides a few ioctl's for Glide
> (binary-only, userspace) to use.
Ack, you're absolutely right. I retract that example.
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