Re: Universal Driver Interface spec available

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
1 Sep 1999 17:10:00 -0700


In article <linux.kernel.E11MI2e-0003fR-00@the-village.bc.nu>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

>> Members of Project UDI today announced the release of the UDI (Uniform
>> Driver Interface) 1.0 Specification. This Specification is the

>Not sure why anyone thinks this is Linux relevant

a) Embrace and extend: ``Come, join us; if you write Linux device drivers
you won't have to write drivers for anyone else.''
b) Losing the job security of having to rewrite drivers every time a new
major release comes out.

It might be better to have a native driver interface, but for #1 I'm not
picky; I'd like to have a NCR810 driver that worked again.

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david parsons \bi/ 2mb of pdf. Ugh. Hopefully they've got a nice
\/ reference map among the formatting.

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