From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@bitmath.org>
Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@gmail.com>,
Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>,
linux-input <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update rydberg's addresses
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:19:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150215121447.GA19277@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54C00046.1000305@bitmath.org>
On Wed 2015-01-21 20:38:46, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> Hi Benjamin,
>
> > - there is a fragmentation problem: we would have to fix the bug in
> > xorg-synaptics (which is slowly waiting for its death), libinput,
> > ChromeOS, Qt Embedded, Kivy (I think), etc...
>
> Indeed, this is the problem I wanted to highlight. As the fragmentation problem
> grows (graphics, input, compositors, toolkits), the need for a common
> denominator grows as well. However, I do not think the kernel should be the
> single common denominator for all the world's problems. Rather, the purpose of
> the kernel is to convey hardware information and control as accurately,
> effectively and generically as possible.
No, sorry, that's not true.
Kernel should provide hardware abstraction, hiding differences between
different machines.
Pavel
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-15 12:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-19 9:06 [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update rydberg's addresses Henrik Rydberg
2015-01-19 21:08 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2015-01-20 0:13 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2015-01-20 0:34 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2015-01-20 22:26 ` Henrik Rydberg
2015-01-21 4:35 ` Peter Hutterer
2015-01-21 15:25 ` Henrik Rydberg
2015-01-21 16:23 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2015-01-21 19:38 ` Henrik Rydberg
2015-01-22 4:21 ` Fixing touch point jumps in the kernel (was Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Update rydberg's addresses) Peter Hutterer
2015-01-22 8:00 ` Henrik Rydberg
2015-02-15 12:19 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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