From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266745AbUH0RoL (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:44:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266752AbUH0RoL (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:44:11 -0400 Received: from smtp3.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.28]:51962 "EHLO mwinf0312.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266745AbUH0RoI convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:44:08 -0400 Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.8 pwc patches and counterpatches From: Xavier Bestel To: Kenneth Lavrsen Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20040827171755.01c1f328@inet.uni2.dk> References: <6.1.2.0.2.20040827171755.01c1f328@inet.uni2.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Message-Id: <1093628062.15313.11.camel@gonzales> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:34:22 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Le ven 27/08/2004 à 18:26, Kenneth Lavrsen a écrit : > My name is Kenneth Lavrsen. I maintain the open source project Motion. > Probably half of the users of Motion - and there are 1000s of them will > soon realise that next time they download a Kernel their camera will no > longer work. [...] > I personally have 8 such cameras worth a fortune in working action and as a > Linux user I am so disappointed and angry with the way that the maintainers > (or is it in reality a single individual with too much power?) are > threating me and the many other Linux users. If you value a working binary driver more than anything else, have you considered switching over to a proprietary OS including said driver ? Bitching won't get you very far, obviously. Xav