From: Tim Jansen <tim@tjansen.de>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Automatic download and installation of drivers.
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:47:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-100334446621229@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-100319421829170@msgid-missing>
On Wednesday 17 October 2001 04:01, David Brownell wrote:
> Easy fix: provide a patch to the kernel source, rather than going with
> a binary distribution model. The model of binary driver distributions
> is a problem.
> With a patch, "knowledgeable" users can get going right away. All
> others are going to need to wait for a new release in any case
But this means, in other words, that Linux is not competitive in this area.
Then regular users have to wait up to 6 months before they can use new
devices because they have to wait for the next Red Hat distribution while Mac
and Windows users can already use the device. It would also force them to
update a stable system only for getting a new device driver.
And it would result in hardware manufactures being unable to sell their new
devices to the majority of Linux users before most distributions have been
updated.
bye...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-17 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-16 0:02 Automatic download and installation of drivers Stamatis Mitrofanis
2001-10-16 5:29 ` Greg KH
2001-10-16 7:35 ` David Brownell
2001-10-16 7:58 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-16 11:38 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-16 16:52 ` Greg KH
2001-10-16 18:44 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-16 18:58 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-16 19:19 ` Greg KH
2001-10-17 2:01 ` David Brownell
2001-10-17 2:03 ` David Brownell
2001-10-17 18:47 ` Tim Jansen [this message]
2001-10-17 19:24 ` David Brownell
2001-10-17 23:31 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-17 23:32 ` Greg KH
2001-10-18 0:07 ` Dmitri
2001-10-18 0:19 ` Stamatis Mitrofanis
2001-10-18 0:47 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-18 2:17 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-18 2:35 ` Dmitri
2001-10-29 21:53 ` Greg KH
2001-10-30 8:26 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-30 17:21 ` Greg KH
2001-10-30 21:24 ` Tim Jansen
2001-10-30 21:51 ` Dmitri
2001-10-31 12:36 ` Keith Owens
2001-10-31 20:49 ` Greg KH
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