Re: [PATCH 1/7] Adding empia base driver

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:33:03AM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Markus Rechberger
> <mrechberger@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I simply don't have the time for those games anymore, and those people here who have personal
> > issues with me and/or my work don't pay my monthly bills, neither do they have any clue how that
> > driver is used with some systems of certain customers. I constantly deliver full solutions, and not
> > driver code only. Neither am I limited to Linux only.
> 
> Again, it's not personal, it's the way we do things here. But you
> should already know that by now so whatever.
> 
> What puzzles me the most here is why isn't Empia simply providing
> datasheets to other developers as well. I mean, even the GPU and
> wireless vendors know how to play well with the community now, so
> what's the problem? Being locked to just one developer who's unwilling
> to cooperate doesn't sound like a winning strategy to me.
> 
> Greg, is there any reason we don't have Markus' out-of-tree driver
> listed here, btw:
> 
>   http://www.linuxdriverproject.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/OutOfTreeDrivers

It's a wiki, feel free to add it yourself :)

thanks,

greg k-h