Re: Binary drivers

Stephen Frost (sfrost@ns.snowman.net)
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 01:21:10 -0500 (EST)


On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Kendall Bennett wrote:

> Stephen Frost <sfrost@mail.snowman.net> wrote:
>
> > Come up w/ the API. Develop the code. Modify the current driver
> > set (completely) to this new API. bug-proof it, test it, and prove
> > that performance doesn't decrease any for any of those drivers.
>
> The problem is a philosophical one. I am not willing to expend any
> energy helping to develop code to make Linux better if the end result
> is that it won't be accepted into the Linux kernel.
>
> At the end of the day, maybe one day I will end up doing this, and
> the result may well be a fork of the Linux kernel (since there are a
> lot of people who do agree with what I have to say).

Enjoy, have fun, you have the source code, you can do that. At
the same time could you come up w/ your own 'bennettx-kernel' list to
make your 'suggestions' to?

Stephen

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